Infra

• Choreographer


  Wayne McGregor
• Company

  The Royal Ballet
• Date of first performance

  13 November 2008 at the Royal Opera House, London
• Dance Style

  Contemporary ballet (McGregor - it speeds and energetic, dynamic, angular, sinuous, hyperextended movements)
• Choreographic approach

  SHOW a phrase to the cast, MAKE a phrase on a target dance/s, TASK set a task for dancers to complete or pose choreographic problem to solve.
• Stimulus

  Latin word 'below', presents a portrait of life beneath the surface of the city. Delves deep beneath the surface to present a moving meditation on human interactions.
• Choreographic intention

  Seeing below the surface of things. About people and the choreography has found a pedestrian language which is recognizably human. The piece is about inferences. It infers particular types of relationships and therefore the emotional content implies itself. One aim is to help the audience's eye in watching a complex structure. But has purposefully left open the full visual field to let the audience make their own selections.
• Dancers

  12 dancers (6 male/ 6 female)
• Duration

  28 minutes
• Structure

  Comprises of solos, duets and ensembles with many arresting moments. For instance dance duets in six squares of light and a crowd surges across the stage (unaware of on woman's private grief).
• Aural setting

  Music by Max Richter, Sound design by Chris Ekers. Score mixes melancholy string melodies with electronic sounds and everyday sounds. (trains)
• Costume

  Designed by Moritz Junge. Shorts, vests, t-shirts in flesh, black, white, grey colours for the dancers. Street clothes for crowd.
• Lighting

  Designed by Lucy Carter. Relates closely to the structure, lights the width of the the stage and often focuses downstage. Shafts of light and 6 rectangles. Colours used to highlight different sections.
• Performance environment

  Proscenium arch/ theatrical setting
• Staging/ set

  Set design by Julian Opie. 18m LED screen, high on a black wall. Width of the stage. Electronic walking figures.