![]() McGregor is a lifelong Atwood fan but says he wants to “open up the experience of the novels,” using dance for what it does best-create detailed character relationships and immersive worlds to get lost in-rather than literally translate words into movement. Originally scheduled for 2020, the project was delayed by the pandemic. ![]() The ambitious project commenced way back in 2016 when then NBoC artistic director Karen Kain, McGregor and Atwood all got to talking after McGregor proposed the idea. Photo by Christopher Wahl, courtesy The National Ballet of Canada. It promises to be thematically true to the books, if not exactly anchored to Atwood’s sprawling narrative about corporate greed, genetic modification and post-plague devastation. The three-act ballet, a co-production with The Royal Ballet, where McGregor is resident choreographer, and NBoC, is a distillation of all three of Atwood’s novels in the MaddAddam trilogy: Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood and MaddAddam. The timing of a new ballet inspired by a trilogy of dystopian novels by Canadian writer Margaret Atwood is especially poignant as the world emerges from its pandemic panic. Choreographed by Wayne McGregor, with a score by Max Richter, and performed by the artists of the National Ballet of Canada, MADDADDAM will have its world premiere in Toronto on November 23. ![]()
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