15 Facts About Wayne McGregor

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Wayne McGregor is the Artistic Director of Studio Wayne McGregor and Resident Choreographer of The Royal Ballet.

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Wayne McGregor studied dance at Bretton Hall College of the University of Leeds and at the Jose Limon School in New York.

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Company Wayne McGregor was invited to be the first Resident Company at the new Sadler's Wells in 2002.

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In 2021, Wayne McGregor was announced as the Director of Dance for the Venice Biennale until 2024.

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Wayne McGregor is Professor of Choreography at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and holds an Honorary Doctor of Science degree from Plymouth University as well as an Honorary Doctor of Letters from University of Leeds and University of Chester.

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Wayne McGregor holds an Honorary Doctor from University of the Arts London.

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Wayne McGregor is part of the Circle of Cultural Fellows at King's College London.

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Wayne McGregor topped the list for dance in The Progress 1000 celebration of London's most influential people in 2018.

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In 2021 Wayne McGregor was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Prix de Lausanne.

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Studio Wayne McGregor leads extensive learning and engagement projects nationally and internationally, artist development initiatives, and research and development work with science and technology partners.

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Wayne McGregor has worked on choreography and movement direction for numerous feature films and documentaries including Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, The Legend of Tarzan, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Sing, Mary Queen of Scots and Audrey as well as choreographing music videos for Radiohead, Atoms for Peace and The Chemical Brothers.

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Wayne McGregor has worked on numerous fashion and TV works and projects including choreography for Paloma Faith's performance at the 2015 Brit Awards as well as directing and choreographing the opening sequence for the award show in 2016, collaborating with Gareth Pugh for his London and New York Fashion weeks in 2014 and 2017 respectively, and fashion films Soma for COS and Torus for SHOWstudio.

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In 2016, Wayne McGregor directed and choreographed Selfridges' everyBODY advertising campaign.

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Wayne McGregor has directed opera, and choreographed for theatre.

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Studio Wayne McGregor's building opened at Here East on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in March 2017.