Company Wayne McGregor
Atomos
- 7:30pm
- 7:30pm
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9 October 2013, Sadler’s Wells, London, UK
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London, UK
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Wayne McGregor in collaboration with the dancers
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Lucy Carter
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Studio XO
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65 min (no intermission)
Wayne McGregor CBE is one of the world’s leading contemporary choreographers; he is The Royal Ballet’s first Resident Choreographer and Company Wayne McGregor is Resident Company of Sadler’s Wells, London. Atomizing bodies, movement, film, sound and light into miniature shards of intense sensation, Atomos is performed in McGregor’s unique style — sculptural, rigorous, jarring and hauntingly beautiful.
Atomizing bodies, movement, film, sound and light into miniature shards of intense sensation, Atomos is performed in McGregor’s unique style — sculptural, rigorous, jarring and hauntingly beautiful. You’re encouraged to wear 3-D glasses provided by the ushers at the Royal to better appreciate the imagery on the five 52-inch 3-D video screens that descend from the fly gallery during the show!
Wayne McGregor is regularly commissioned by important ballet companies around the world including Paris Opera Ballet, New York City Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet and San Francisco Ballet. He has choreographed for theatre, opera, film (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, The Legend of Tarzan, Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, Sing), music videos (Radiohead, Thom Yorke, The Chemical Brothers), fashion (Gareth Pugh at New York Fashion Week, 2014 and 2017) and more.
“Simply extraordinary….McGregor’s choreographic curiosity hasn’t lost its power to thrill.”
Judith Mackrell, THE GUARDIAN
