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Choreography and creativity - it's my matrix; let's see where we can move.

~Wayne Mcgregor

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I think it's the responsibility of a major opera house not only to cultivate debate and get people thinking, but also to be interfaced with things that challenge them. To challenge its audience and not just deliver things that they know, even though some of those things are wonderful.

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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.

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With dance and theatre, I think people get very nervous about not knowing the right things. They feel like they've missed something, or that they're not bright enough to watch it. It's not a test.

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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.

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I listen to music all the time, and I just choose things I like, or things that I've not used before. Sometimes I work with music that's very difficult - that I don't even particularly like, per se, but that is really complex or interesting.

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Once I'm working on something, I don't do anything else. I'm mono-track.

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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.

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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.

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I enjoy my work too much to force-feed myself with pressure.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Dancer

Born: Unknown

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