![]() ![]() 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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