Dancers on stage performing in pairs, dressed in pastel-colored costumes (pink, purple, and beige). They hold each other’s hands while extending their other arms and legs in elegant poses. The background is a stark contrast of black and white, highlighting the dancers' fluid movements and creating a visually clean and modern aesthetic.

Repertory

Chroma

CHOREOGRAPHER

COMPANY PREMIERE

New York City Center, 2013

WORLD PREMIERE

The Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, 2006

RESTAGING

Antoine Vereecken

MUSIC

Joby Talbot, The White Stripes

SET DESIGN

John Pawson

COSTUMES

Moritz Junge

LIGHTING

Lucy Carter

RUN TIME

29 Minutes

This contemporary ballet by the groundbreaking British choreographer Wayne McGregor is full of sensory surprises, sumptuous movement, a driving score by Joby Talbot with orchestrations of songs by The White Stripes, and a luminous set by minimalist architect John Pawson.


“Often in my own choreographies I have actively conspired to disrupt the spaces in which the body performs. Each intervention, usually some kind of addition, is an attempt to see the context of the body in a new or alien way. On reading John Pawson’s Minimum I was captivated by this notion of subtraction, the ‘essential’ space, which seems to reduce elements to make visible the invisible. Intriguingly, although Pawson’s designs do give definition to space(s), they are somehow always boundary-less. This potential ‘freedom space’ would be an extraordinary environment for a new choreography, where the grammar and articulation of the body is made crystal clear, graphic, and unmediated. It could be a space where the body becomes absolutely architectural. At the same time, in creating volume(s) of tone for the choreography to inhabit the body can behave as a frequency of color—in freedom from white: CHROMA.” - Wayne McGregor 

Music Credits

“Aluminum,”* “Cloudpark,”** “The Hardest Button to Button,”* “Blue Orchid,”* “'...a yellow disc rising from the sea...’,”** “Transit of Venus,”** and “Hovercraft.”** 
*Music composed by Jack White. Published by Peppermint Stripe Music/EMI Music Publishing Limited. New arrangement by Joby Talbot and orchestration by Christopher Austin. By arrangement with Novello & Company Limited on behalf of EMI Music Publishing Limited. 
**Music composed and arranged by Joby Talbot. Published by Chester Music Limited. By arrangement with Chester Music Limited.