Choreographer Conversations

By: Sadler's Wells
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  • Summary

  • Listen to the Choreographer Conversations podcast from Sadler’s Wells, where we dive deep into the inspirations and creative processes of today’s most influential dance artists.


    Through candid discussions recorded in front of a live audience, each episode offers a unique glimpse into the minds of the choreographers shaping today’s dance landscape. Upcoming episodes feature: Wayne McGregor, Oona Doherty, Crystal Pite & Jonathon Young, Michael Keegan-Dolan and Akram Khan.


    You can find the captioned film version of the conversations on Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage: Choreographer Conversations - Sadler's Wells Digital Stage


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Episodes
  • Wayne McGregor

    Wayne McGregor
    Dec 17 2024

    In this episode, Sadler's Wells Artistic Director Sir Alistair Spalding is in conversation with multi-award-winning British choreographer Sir Wayne McGregor.


    This in-depth interview delves into Wayne's career that has intersected science, spectacle, art and technology with trailblazing innovations in performance. He reflects on when he first became interested in dance, and the experience of working with ABBA, Saoirse Ronan and Margaret Atwood.


    A captioned video version of the episode is available here: Choreographer Conversations: Wayne McGregor - Sadler's Wells Digital Stage


    And the transcript for the episode is available here: https://www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage/podcasts/choreographer-conversations/


    Timestamps

    0.55 Introduction

    1.30 What inspired Wayne McGregor to start dancing?

    10.00 Is his work set in the future?

    11.10 What is the key to great collaborations?

    16.43 What is he like in the rehearsal studio?

    28.01 What learning comes from creating in different environments?

    30.41 Working with ABBA and can AI be a creative tool?

    37.05 What is UniVerse: A Dark Crystals Odyssey about?


    About Wayne McGregor

    Born in 1970, Sir Wayne McGregor CBE is a multi-award-winning British choreographer and director, internationally renowned for trailblazing innovations in performance that have radically redefined dance in the modern era. Driven by an insatiable curiosity about movement and its creative potentials, his experiments have led him into collaborative dialogue with an array of artistic forms, scientific disciplines, and technological interventions. The startling and multi-dimensional works resulting from these interactions have ensured McGregor’s position at the cutting edge of contemporary arts for over thirty years.


    About the series

    This episode is part of Choreographer Conversations, a series where Sadler’s Wells speaks to some of the most influential choreographers working in dance today to find out their inspirations and motivations. The full series is available on Sadler's Wells Digital Stage: Digital Stage - Sadler's Wells


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