McGregor’s Deepstaria explores the deepest recesses of the oceans

Jordan James Bridge and Chia-Yu Hsu in Wayne McGregor's Deepstaria

Jasiah Marshall in Wayne McGregor's Deepstaria

Company Wayne McGregor in Deepstaria

Salvatore De Simone in Wayne McGregor's Deepstaria

Jasiah Marshall in Wayne McGregor's Deepstaria

By Graham Watts, 28 February 2025

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“mixture of awe, deep thought and vacillation as my mind see-saws from “I get it” to “I don’t get it””

Reviewed at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London on 27 February 2025

Deepstaria (Sir Wayne McGregor)

Company Wayne McGregor

Benjamin Males, Set Designer

Ilaria Martello, Costume Designer

Theresa Baumgartner, Lighting Designer

Jordan James Bridge, Dancer

Rebecca Bassett-Graham, Dancer

Naia Bautista, Dancer

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Deborah Weiss, 18th April

An evening of ballets by Wayne McGregor, including the world premiere of Quantum Souls, proved to be a little too much of the same thing.

***11

Woolf Works for The Royal Ballet: reaching poetic depths

Maggie Foyer, 17th January

Woolf Works returns to Royal Opera House stage showcasing some of Wayne McGregor’s best choreography and a roster of exceptional performances.

****1

Ballet superstars in Frankfurt for a night to savour

Vikki Jane Vile, 30th November

For one night only, audiences in Frankfurt were treated to some world class ballet on the expansive stage of the Jahrhunderthalle.

****1

Wayne McGregor’s Jocasta’s Line offers powerful performances

Maggie Foyer, 13th September

A dramatic staging of two Greek myths, Wayne McGregor’s Jocasta’s Line is an epic production for Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, a truly modern and totally original work.

****1

The Royal Ballet: MaddAddam is carried by sublime performances

Amanda Jennings, 14th November

The combination of spectacular backdrops and evocative film projections are visually stunning and the dancers are superb, but Wayne McGregor's MaddAddam is difficult to follow.

***11

Uneven Woolf Works is a strong vehicle for a legendary ballerina

Ivy Lin, 28th June

Final verdict on Woolf Works? It’s sprawling, uneven, with parts that are thrilling and other parts that are prosaic and shallow.

***11

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Graham Watts

Graham Watts is a freelance dance writer and critic writing regularly for Dancing Times, Dance Europe, Danza Europa, and many more publications. He regularly writes features for Sadler’s Wells, London Coliseum and La Scala. Chairman of the Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle in the United Kingdom and of the UK National Dance Awards he has interviewed many of the greatest names in dance including Maya Plisetskaya, Vladimir Vasiliev, Boris Eifman, Alexei Ratmansky, Andris Liepa, Sir Peter Wright, David Bintley and Dame Gillian Lynne. When not involved in dance Graham is a keen fencer, and has captained the British Sabre team.