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Born in 1980, Alexander Whitley is a British contemporary
choreographer and currently a prominent figure in the increasing
collaboration of art and science.
Notable qualities in Whitley’s choreography include strong musicality and key use of visual
designs.
Affiliations
Whitley is the artistic director of the
Alexander Whitley Company, as well as a
New Wave Associate artist at Sadler’s Wells
and an associate at Rambert (‘Frames’).
Whitley’s pieces have won multiple nominations over the years. These include:
‘Strange Stranger’
‘Celestial Motion’
‘Noumena’
‘Between Two Fires’
‘Ulysses Awakes’
‘Pattern Recognition’
‘Noumena’
The Alexander Whitley Company
"I think there are new fields of relationships in movement that are opened up
through interactive technology that can take dance and choreography to
uncharted places."
-Alexander Whitley