The austere title of Wayne McGregor’s new ballet is clear: Untitled, 2023 is not about stories. The set, designed by artist Carmen Herrera shortly before her death at 106, is strikingly stark, its ice-white expanses cut by geometric emerald. The same colours bifurcate costumes by Burberry’s Daniel Lee, so that bodies flare and shade as they turn. It’s a cold world warmed by the dancers’ thrilling commitment.
Catamorphosis and Metacosmos by Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir, gathering storms from an era of climate crisis, are not conventional dance scores. Don’t expect stepping-stone beats or snatches of waltz; rather, the percussive rumble and sliding, swishing textures unfold into a glacier-like soundscape where the dancers must locate purchase and rhythm.
