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Essay > Wayne McGregor_Globally recognized for pioneering performance ideas that have revolutionized dance in the modern era. His explorations have brought him into collaborative discussion with a variety of artistic forms, scientific methods, and technological interventions, inspired by an obsessive enthusiasm for motion and its unique possibilities.

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Introduction Wayne McGregor is a British choreographer and director who has won several awards. McGregor was born in 1970 in the English town of Stockport. He studied dance at the José Limon School... in New York and at Bretton Hall College at the University of Leeds. He was named Choreographer-inResidence at The Place in London in 1992, and he launched Random Dance the same year which then became known as Company Wayne McGregor. In 2002, Wayne McGregor was asked to join the new Sadler's Wells as a Resident Company. He is the Royal Ballet's first Resident Choreographer with a contemporary dance experience, having been appointed in 2006. McGregor was named the Venice Biennale's Director of Dance through 2024 in 2021. 1 Background Globally recognized for pioneering performance ideas that have revolutionized dance in the modern era. His explorations have brought him into collaborative discussion with a variety of artistic forms, scientific methods, and technological interventions, inspired by an obsessive enthusiasm for motion and its unique possibilities. For almost twenty-five years, the striking and multi-dimensional works that come from these exchanges have kept McGregor at the forefront of modern art. McGregor launched Random Dance in 1992, and it has now evolved into Studio Wayne McGregor to embrace his vast creative efforts in domains both outside and in relationship with dance. Company Wayne McGregor's dancers were the basic medium through which McGregor developed his unique visual approach, displaying the body's movement capabilities in ever more accurate levels of expression. McGregor has created over 30 works for the company, and it remains his "home" for bold and creative new [Show More]

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