Three ballets that'll make your body hurt just watching them.
The diversity of Wayne McGregor's astonishing talent is demonstrated through Chroma, Infra and Limen, each created for The Royal Ballet, for whom he is resident choreographer. Intimate yet universal, light yet dark, frenetic yet lyrical, McGregor pursues his passion for exploring the inner workings of the human body and mind, his many-layered and beautiful dances providing visual, sensual and kinaesthetic stimulus for the viewer. Works: Chroma (Talbot; White III); Infra (Richter); Limen (Saariaho).
Cinematography
Williams and Haswell capture bodies like alien architecture.
Production
Three distinct worlds: white void, city underworld, bioluminescent membrane.
Score
Talbot, Richter, Saariaho—each score is a character.
Director
Margaret Williams
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Max Richton's Infra score was originally commissioned for a piece about the 7/7 London bombings, though McGregor abstracted it into something more universal.
McGregor was the first contemporary choreographer appointed resident at Covent Garden in 30 years, effectively bridging Thatcher-era austerity aesthetics with millennial body obsession.
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