Wayne McGregor famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I am now obsessed with the technology of the body. I think it's the most technologically literate thing that we have.
-- Wayne McGregor

#Thinking #Technology #Body
Misbehave more beautifully; more often.
-- Wayne McGregor
I like to practise. With every new piece, you make mistakes and you learn. So it's important to get on and have another go.
-- Wayne McGregor

#Mistake #Making Mistakes #Important
I heard Joby Talbot's Hovercraft piece for orchestra and felt its immediate physical impact - visceral, unsettling, hungry and direct. These short five minutes became our keystone to unlocking a strangely seductive score that tensions the aggressive force of the White Stripes with the enigmatic beauty of Talbot's own compositions.
-- Wayne McGregor

#White #Impact #Seductive
For me, choreography is a process of physical thinking. It's very much in mind as well as in body.
-- Wayne McGregor

#Thinking #Mind #Body
I've always been just as interested in making people think as I am in making them feel, and one of the things this scientific process allows me to do is make the audience look differently at dance.
-- Wayne McGregor

#Thinking #People #Looks
Choreography and creativity - it's my matrix; let's see where we can move.
-- Wayne McGregor

#Moving #Creativity #Choreography
Unlike a lot of choreographers, I don't always start with the music. I often start with a visual artist, and then find music that fits the world of that visual artist.
-- Wayne McGregor

#Artist #World #Fit
I enjoy my work too much to force-feed myself with pressure.
-- Wayne McGregor

#Too Much #Pressure #Force
My influences change all the time; they have to remain current, because they're the things that capture your imagination and make you want to go into the studio.
-- Wayne McGregor

#Imagination #Want #Influence
Dancers can get to see almost everything now. When I used to go into companies to make a piece, the dancers had hardly ever seen my work. Now they can watch it on YouTube. It means they're much faster at picking up material.
-- Wayne McGregor

#Mean #Dancer #Watches
'Entity' is not about science. The process behind it may dictate the nature of the piece, but it's not like a dance about Einstein where I'm trying to convert his ideas into movement and communicate that to an audience.
-- Wayne McGregor

#Ideas #Trying #Pieces
Everyone is always telling me that I must be exhausted, but I've learned how to use my time well, and that includes holidays to recharge. I always try to give myself big chunks of time to think about what the next project is going to be.
-- Wayne McGregor

#Holiday #Thinking #Giving

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