Wayne McGregor

Unlike a lot of choreographers, I don't always start with the music. I often start with a visual artist, and then find…

— Wayne McGregor

With dance and theatre, I think people get very nervous about not knowing the right things. They feel like they've missed something,…

— Wayne McGregor

I've always been just as interested in making people think as I am in making them feel, and one of the things…

— Wayne McGregor

I heard Joby Talbot's Hovercraft piece for orchestra and felt its immediate physical impact - visceral, unsettling, hungry and direct. These short…

— Wayne McGregor

I always try to keep a little bit of space in the year to work with other people. Because I love doing…

— Wayne McGregor

I listen to music all the time, and I just choose things I like, or things that I've not used before. Sometimes…

— Wayne McGregor

Everyone is always telling me that I must be exhausted, but I've learned how to use my time well, and that includes…

— 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…

— Wayne McGregor

Misbehave more beautifully; more often.

— Wayne McGregor

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

— Wayne McGregor

'Entity' is not about science. The process behind it may dictate the nature of the piece, but it's not like a dance…

— Wayne McGregor

I think it's the responsibility of a major opera house not only to cultivate debate and get people thinking, but also to…

— Wayne McGregor

If you put yourself in a place where you're having to work at understanding something, then you keep yourself awake to all…

— Wayne McGregor

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

— Wayne McGregor

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

— Wayne McGregor

For me, choreography is a process of physical thinking. It's very much in mind as well as in body.

— Wayne McGregor

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

— Wayne McGregor

Dancers can get to see almost everything now. When I used to go into companies to make a piece, the dancers had…

— Wayne McGregor

My influences change all the time; they have to remain current, because they're the things that capture your imagination and make you…

— Wayne McGregor

Some people are fascinated by what they know, and some are fascinated by what they don't know. I'm just very interested in…

— Wayne McGregor