World-renowned choreographer and director Sir Wayne McGregor CBE has published a new book WE ARE MOVEMENT: Unlocking Your Physical Intelligence with Bloomsbury.
Wayne joined the staff of Trinity Laban in September 2013 as a development of the partnership with Wayne McGregor | Random Dance. The Academic Board has conferred the title of Professor in recognition of his status as an eminent artist researcher of international distinction.
How much do you know about your body? How much does your body know about you? These are the questions that Sir Wayne McGregor addresses in his upcoming book. His renowned trailblazing innovations in performance and ongoing enquiries into movement and the body have radically defined dance in the modern era. Over the past three decades, he has discovered that our intelligence lies not only in our brains, but in our bodies too. In We Are Movement, McGregor argues that physical intelligence is instinctive, pre-verbal, and continually upgrades itself. Mastering it will allow us all to release the knots in our physical and emotional selves, leaving us free to experience new forms of creativity and connection.
Drawing on his research with elite performers, athletes, cognitive neuroscientists, anthropologists and technologists, he shows how we can all become more physically fluent. Using simple steps, from practicing mindful walking to harnessing our bodies’ chemical reaction to stress, he teaches us how to become better communicators and more creative thinkers, so we can ultimately live fuller lives. Elegant, cutting-edge and practical, We Are Movement is a user-friendly guide to priming your physical intelligence that will revolutionise the way you live your life.
Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI, described Wayne’s book as “a compelling manifesto that reveals why our most powerful software remains written in flesh and bone.”