Company Wayne McGregor (Chia-Yu Hsu) in “Autobiography”, Photo by Ravi Deepres

There are technological aspects of this work that intrigue me greatly, which I do not understand in any precise way. In Autobiography, presented by Company Wayne McGregor at Fall for Dance North, choreographer Wayne McGregor has delved into his own personal archive of significant paraphernalia and memory to inform 23 sections of movement created in collaboration with, and for, 9 dancers. Each of these are meant to reflect the 23 chromosomes of his DNA. And here is where it gets bewildering to me: these sections are fed into an algorithm designed by Nick Rothwell which reflects McGregor’s own genetic code and determines the specific material the audience will see at any given performance. Continue Reading