[memeri] - 2007
About
Concept, Direction & Choreography: Wayne McGregor
Music: Deru, Alva Noto
Set Design: Wayne McGregor and Lucy Carter
Lighting Design: Lucy Carter
Video Design: Pipo Tafel
Premiere: 30 March 2007, Festspielhaus Hellerau, Dresden, Germany
Cast: 22 dancers
Length: 30 minutes
Co-commissioned by: Wayne McGregor | Random Dance, D.A.N.C.E., Tanzplan Dresden.
D.A.N.C.E. is a collaboration between Frédéric Flamand, William Forsythe, Wayne McGregor and Angelin Preljocaj to create a new elite group of Europe's finest young dancers. As the culmination of the first two-year training cycle, the 22 apprentices presented an evening of work at Sadler's Wells representing the full scope of the programme including the UK premiere of [memÉri] - a new piece by Wayne McGregor and work by Frédéric Flamand, plus William Forsythe's exceptional One Flat Thing, Reproduced.