SIZE OF COMPANY
10 on stage, 15 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Middle- to large-scale

PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Director
Wayne McGregor

Executive Producer
Rebecca Marshall

Administrative Director
Hazel Coggins

Communications Manager
Nicola Christie

Associate Director
Odette Hughes

Co Director Education (under 16s)
Jasmine Wilson

Co Director Education (over 16s)
Kerry Nicholls

Technical Director
Christopher Charles

ARTISTIC POLICY
Since 1992, Random Dance, resident company at Sadler’s Wells, London, has researched, created and performed boundary-breaking work throughout the world. Often collaborating with a range of artists, practitioners and scientists outside of conventional realms of making dance, the company’s work is radical, pioneering and risk-taking. Yet always at the centre of this interdisciplinary work is choreographer Wayne McGregor’s consuming passion for the human body and a basic desire to create visceral, physically beautiful dances that communicate powerfully and emotionally to audiences.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
‘Extraordinary new collaboration… fundamental and huge… a work impossible to categorise.’ The Guardian (Amu)

‘McGregor’s driving, volatile choreography is so hyper-limber that it almost seems to occur at the cellular level.’ Debra Craine, The Times

‘Shards of feverish, unpredictable movement ricochet through Wayne McGregor’s choreography with the force of an unleashed cyclone.’ Los Angeles Times

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Entity Pitches the Navarra String Quartet against Jon Hopkins melody-led electronica. Performed in Patrick Burnier’s design environment and lit by Lucy Carter’s evocative imagination, Entity is danced by extraordinary, hyper-limber bodies. (70 mins, no interval, 10 on stage, 15 on the road.)

Amu With a commissioned score by Sir John Tavener and involving research with heart imaging specialists, Amu questions both the physical functions and symbolic resonances of the human heart. (70 mins, no interval, 10 on stage, 15 on the road.)

Random Dances A Mixed Bill Featuring excerpts, solos and shorter pieces. (75 mins, interval, 10 on stage, 15 on the road.)

FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
Alpha Inspired by the lost and fantastical animals from literature and music, visit a secret land of originals beyond this world, a virtual sanctuary where the forgotten species live on. An enchanting tale for children aged eight upwards, available to tour in 2009. (30 mins, no interval, 6 on stage, 9 on the road.)

Random Moves (Working Title) An evening of live music with dance – created for music venues and music audiences.

WRAP-AROUND
Workshops, seminars and classes for anyone from professional dancers to children with no previous exposure to dance. Individual residencies can be developed by Random’s Co-Directors of Education to focus on areas of interest for theatre. Talks, particularly about the scientific element of the work, can be presented, along with post-show discussions. Longer interactions using R-Platform – a long distance learning tool – will be available from mid-2008. Random is also available for site-specific performances with community participation.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2006 Australia (Nemesis), Greece (AtaXia), Italy (Amu), Mexico (AtaXia), USA (AtaXia/Random Dances)
2005 Austria, France (Random Dances), Germany (Amu), Italy, Korea, Netherlands (AtaXia), USA (Random Dances/Nemesis/AtaXia), Uzbekistan (Random Dances)

TOURING AVAILABILITY
From April 2008