Event
Wayne McGregor: On The Other Earth | Tai Kwun
Time
1:00 PM – 7:30 PM (Closed on Mondays)
Venue
1/F, JC Contemporary, Tai Kwun
Events
After receiving significant international acclaim at its world premiere in Venice and London, the world’s first post-cinematic choreographic installation, Wayne McGregor: On The Other Earth—co-produced by Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU), the Hong Kong Ballet, and Studio Wayne McGregor, London—will return to Hong Kong from June to August 2026.
The 57-minute programme is set within the radically immersive, panoramic, 360-degree stereoscopic, 12k LED, 26-million-pixel nVis screen by Professor Jeffrey Shaw, Chair Professor of the Academy of Visual Arts and Director of the Visualization Research Centre of HKBU, and Professor Sarah Kenderdine, Visiting Professor of the Department of Computer Science at HKBU. Here, 3D imagery is experienced within an enveloping, large-scale cylindrical architecture of eight metres wide and four metres tall. Created in collaboration with artists Ravi Deepres, Theresa Baumgartner and Jeffrey Shaw; and combining dance, choreography, digital imaging, spatialised sound, and AI, McGregor once again redefines how we think about movement, the body, and performance.
Wayne McGregor: On The Other Earth breaks the fourth wall as visitors are invited into the heart of the dance, connecting in close contact with the hyperreal dancers of Company Wayne McGregor and the Hong Kong Ballet. Never encountered in the same way twice, groups of up to 20 people will experience Wayne McGregor: On The Other Earth’s visual and sonic landscapes unfolding before them in a series of thought-provoking otherworldly encounters and intimate interplay, upending our perceptions of performance and the future of entertainment.
This project is supported by the Innovation and Technology Commission, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.
Hong Kong Baptist University and Tai Kwun present eMBody—everybody in motion
eMBody—everybody in motion is held alongsideWayne McGregor: On The Other Earth, inviting visitors into an interactive 360-degree immersive 3D cinema in which they engage with virtual dancers and responsive digital environments through movement, sound, and image. Based on motion capture recordings fromWayne McGregor: On The Other Earth, the installation transforms audiences from passive observers into active participants within a mixed-reality performance space.
FULL CREDITS
Direction and Choreography by
Wayne McGregor
Visualisation Concepts and Techniques by
Jeffrey Shaw, Sarah Kenderdine
Sound Composition by
Invisible Mountain
nVis Technologies by
Hong Kong Baptist University Visualization Research Centre
Co-produced by
Hong Kong Baptist University
Hong Kong Ballet
Studio Wayne McGregor, London
Co-commissioned by
Venice: La Biennale di Venezia, Danza
London: Somerset House
Hong Kong: Tai Kwun
Supported by
Innovation and Technology Commission, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
Image: Wayne McGregor: On The Other Earth, Company Wayne McGregor, 2025, Photo credit Ravi Deepres
Disclaimer:
Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material/event (or by members of the project team) do not reflect the views of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Innovation and Technology Commission or the Innovation and Technology Fund Research Projects Assessment Panel.
