Some quick fire facts about Wayne McGregor. His full length film Atmos, will be screened in our venue this Saturday at 6pm, to conclude the British Science Festival at ACCA.

1- Wayne McGregor is a CBE for his services to dance. 

2- In 1992 McGregor founded Random Dance and later changed the name to Company Wayne McGregor. 

3- He was the Movement Director for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

4 - He choreographed a dance in real time for a Ted talk.

5- McGregor said that watching John Travolta when growing up showed him exactly what he needed to be when he was older.

6 - For the Royal Opera House’s Winter 2016/2017 season, McGregor created Woolf Works, a piece that was based on several of Virginia Woolf’s novels.

7 - He is most interested in the science of movement and how the body can move in a multi-disciplinary way.

8 - He is very interested in the use of technology in performance and the jigsaw this can create. 

9 - McGregor studied in both Leeds and New York.

10 - In March 2014 McGregor was appointed Professor of Choreography at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.