![]() MADDADDAM will have its world premiere with The National Ballet of Canada on November 23, 2022.īroadly, Atwood’s trio of novels – Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood and MaddAddam – envisions a civilization emerging from the ruins of a bioengineered pandemic with a small band of survivors and a selection of humanoids. ![]() Choreographer Wayne McGregor is uniquely suited to the task, with two hugely successful literary-inspired ballets to his credit – Woolf Works (2015) and The Dante Project (2021) – and an experimental curiosity about the interplay of science, technology and humanity that aligns with Atwood’s speculative fiction. Photo by Christopher Wahl.Īnyone who has read Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam trilogy will understand the challenge and also the thrill of translating her vast, post-apocalyptic universe to dance. Margaret Atwood and Wayne McGregor for MADDADDAM. ![]()
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