Blog 4- My Chosen Practitioner

 (Studio Wayne McGregor, 2022).

In this blog, I will be discussing the choreography works of Wayne McGregor. I was drawn to McGregor as I appreciate his versatility and adaptability to whatever stimulus he is creating for. He has worked on pieces for award shows, movies, he also worked a lot with The Royal Ballet and created a holographic tour for the ABBA band (Studio Wayne McGregor, 2022). He works a lot collaboratively with dancers, writers, visual artists and scientists etc. The dancers in his company also have input in his creative works and his choreography develops creativity and furthers science, technology and research (Studio Wayne McGregor, 2022). I have researched a piece created with dancers from The Royal Ballet called the +/- Human. His process behind the dance was the questioning of how you know if something is alive. He uses complex programmes and motion sensors to create computer intelligent orbs that react and engage to movement in their environment. I find the concept of this piece very intricate and unique; I also like how he explores the movement of computer science against human activity. Additionally, I think this is what makes his work different from most practitioners as he adds many elements into his choreography that can attract a wide variety of audiences to learn and interpret his creative pieces. 



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McGregor, W., 2017. +/- Human. [online] Studio Wayne McGregor. Available at: <https://waynemcgregor.com/productions/plusminushuman/> [Accessed 18 October 2022].


Studio Wayne McGregor, 2022. +/- HUMAN. [image] Available at: <http://Studio Wayne McGregor, 2017. [image].> [Accessed 18 October 2022].

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  1. FrancescaDecember 7, 2022 at 1:20 PM

    Did Wayne Mcgreger inspire any of the choreography you created?

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    1. Lily Brown Level 3 creativity and choreographyDecember 7, 2022 at 2:08 PM

      My creative process was similar to his, because we both heavily used the stimulus as a main point to develop choreography from. However, we didn't create similar movements.

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