Does Wayne McGregor’s Extreme Choreography Hurt His Dancers? (He Says No)

“His movement style, born of his fascination with extreme physicality and hyperarticulation, has redefined the look of today’s dancers and virtually turned their bodies inside out. … Sometimes it looks as if he’s putting his dancers through a very painful wringer. No way, he counters. ‘These dancers are not stupid – they won’t do whatever I say. They are phenomenally bright individuals who are interested in changing the nature of technique, and with our joint intelligence we want to test the limit of what’s possible.'”