Wayne McGregor
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Wayne McGregor is a renowned British choreographer and director known for his innovative, experimentally driven contemporary works and long-standing collaborations with major ballet companies and arts institutions worldwide.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wayne McGregor canonical | 4 |
| Studio Wayne McGregor | 1 |
| Wayne McGregor Random Dance | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2804972 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wayne McGregor Context triple: [The Royal Ballet, notableChoreographer, Wayne McGregor]
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A.
Christopher Wheeldon
Christopher Wheeldon is a renowned British choreographer and former dancer known for his innovative contemporary ballets created for major companies worldwide, including The Royal Ballet and New York City Ballet.
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B.
William Forsythe
William Forsythe is an American character actor known for his intense, often villainous roles in action and crime films and television series.
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C.
Andy Blankenbuehler
Andy Blankenbuehler is a Tony Award–winning American choreographer and director best known for his innovative, hip-hop–infused work on Broadway musicals such as In the Heights, Hamilton, and Bandstand.
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D.
Mark Morris
Mark Morris is an acclaimed American choreographer and founder of the Mark Morris Dance Group, renowned for his musicality, wit, and innovative contemporary ballet and modern dance works.
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E.
Nicholas Hytner
Nicholas Hytner is a prominent British theatre and film director, best known as a former artistic director of London’s National Theatre and for acclaimed productions on both stage and screen.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wayne McGregor Target entity description: Wayne McGregor is a renowned British choreographer and director known for his innovative, experimentally driven contemporary works and long-standing collaborations with major ballet companies and arts institutions worldwide.
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A.
Christopher Wheeldon
Christopher Wheeldon is a renowned British choreographer and former dancer known for his innovative contemporary ballets created for major companies worldwide, including The Royal Ballet and New York City Ballet.
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B.
William Forsythe
William Forsythe is an American character actor known for his intense, often villainous roles in action and crime films and television series.
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C.
Andy Blankenbuehler
Andy Blankenbuehler is a Tony Award–winning American choreographer and director best known for his innovative, hip-hop–infused work on Broadway musicals such as In the Heights, Hamilton, and Bandstand.
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D.
Mark Morris
Mark Morris is an acclaimed American choreographer and founder of the Mark Morris Dance Group, renowned for his musicality, wit, and innovative contemporary ballet and modern dance works.
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E.
Nicholas Hytner
Nicholas Hytner is a prominent British theatre and film director, best known as a former artistic director of London’s National Theatre and for acclaimed productions on both stage and screen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (64)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
choreographer
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contemporary dance choreographer ⓘ dance director ⓘ human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| employer | The Royal Ballet ⓘ |
| familyName | McGregor ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
ballet
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choreography ⓘ contemporary dance ⓘ |
| founded |
Wayne McGregor
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Studio Wayne McGregor
Wayne McGregor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Wayne McGregor Random Dance
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| genre |
contemporary ballet
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contemporary dance ⓘ |
| givenName | Wayne ⓘ |
| hasCollaboratedWith |
Barbican Centre
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Bolshoi Ballet ⓘ English National Ballet ⓘ Google Arts & Culture ⓘ Jon Hopkins ⓘ Max Richter ⓘ National Ballet of Canada ⓘ Nederlands Dans Theater ⓘ New York City Ballet ⓘ Olafur Eliasson ⓘ Paris Opera Ballet ⓘ Random International ⓘ Sadler’s Wells Theatre ⓘ San Francisco Ballet ⓘ The Royal Ballet ⓘ Thom Yorke ⓘ Wellcome Collection ⓘ |
| hasReceivedAward |
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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Critics’ Circle National Dance Award ⓘ Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production ⓘ Order of the British Empire ⓘ |
| hasRole |
Artistic Director of Studio Wayne McGregor
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Resident Choreographer of The Royal Ballet ⓘ |
| knownFor |
collaborations with arts institutions worldwide
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collaborations with major ballet companies ⓘ integration of technology in dance ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movementStyle |
architectural
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experimentally driven ⓘ highly physical ⓘ |
| name | Wayne McGregor self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
experimentally driven dance works
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innovative contemporary choreography ⓘ interdisciplinary collaborations ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Atomos
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Autobiography ⓘ Chroma ⓘ FAR ⓘ Infra ⓘ Tree of Codes ⓘ Woolf Works ⓘ |
| occupation |
choreographer
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director ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| usesInPractice |
cognitive science
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digital technology ⓘ scientific research ⓘ |
| workLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Wayne McGregor Description of subject: Wayne McGregor is a renowned British choreographer and director known for his innovative, experimentally driven contemporary works and long-standing collaborations with major ballet companies and arts institutions worldwide.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Studio Wayne McGregor
this entity surface form:
Wayne McGregor Random Dance