Wayne McGregor (Chair)

www.randomdance.org

Wayne McGregor is a dancer and choreographer. He studied dance at University College Bretton Hall and at the José Limón School, New York. He is founder of Random Dance, Resident Company of Sadler's Wells, for which he has made over thirty works including Amu (2005), AtaXia (2004) and Nemesis (2002). He has created numerous works for The Royal Ballet including Chroma (2006), Engram (2005) and Qualia (2003) and has also created works for NDT1, Stuttgart Ballet, English National Ballet, San Francisco Ballet and Rambert Dance Company.

He has worked at such opera houses as La Scala, Milan (Dido and Aeneas), Chicago Lyric Opera (The Midsummer Marriage), Scottish Opera and English National Opera.

His theatre credits include Woman in White (London, Broadway) and productions at The Old Vic, The National Theatre, The Royal Court and with the Peter Hall Company.

He has worked on Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire (Warner Bros) and has produced films for Channel 4, BBC TV and Arte. His awards include two Time Out awards (2001, 2003), The Critics' Circle National Dance Award (2006), a South Bank Show Award (2006), and two Laurence Olivier Awards (2004 & 2007).

In December 2006 McGregor was appointed Resident Choreographer for The Royal Ballet.