"Wayne McGregor is a revolutionary force within contemporary dance. The Royal Ballet's resident choreographer challenges the conventional limits of the body, working across three decades with pioneering technology and in collaboration with kindred innovators from parallel fields, such as Max Richter and Gareth Pugh . Infinite Bodies, his expansive exhibition at Somerset House in London, includes experimental installations that play with sound, light and artificial intelligence. The show invites visitors into interactive moments, experiencing the emotional and spatial possibilities of their own bodies."
"Throughout this and his nearby 360-degree virtual performance On the Other Earth at Stone Nest, McGregor frequently reaches towards alternate realms, from the digital to the ethereal and galactic. "Our internal life is both fantastical and literal," he tells me, considering the duality of the everyday, in which we can simultaneously hold together ongoing practicalities and vast imagination. "This is a great capability of human beings, that we have different ways of experiencing and touching the world.""
"It has been a busy year for McGregor, who recently returned from Venice, where he is artistic director of the dance department for La Biennale di Venezia . His latest visit was for Coro, a live performance at the historic Teatro La Fenice, which blends contemporary dance choreography with Luciano Berio's sprawling 1974 choral masterpiece. He is also preparing for the celebrated Woolf Works to return to the Royal Ballet in January, fusing the writing of Virginia Woolf with an original score by Richter."
Wayne McGregor expands contemporary dance through technological innovation, interdisciplinary collaboration and immersive exhibitions. His Royal Ballet residency emphasizes experimentation over literal character and narrative. Infinite Bodies at Somerset House features installations using sound, light and artificial intelligence to create interactive encounters that foreground emotional and spatial bodily experience. McGregor bridges physical and virtual realms with works such as the 360-degree virtual performance On the Other Earth at Stone Nest. He directs dance for La Biennale di Venezia and stages live pieces like Coro, integrating choreography with Luciano Berio's choral work and preparing Woolf Works with Max Richter's score.
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