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PreSentient (McGregor, 2002). Photo © Ravi Deepres.

Brenda Lee Grech and Liam Francis in Rambert's 2019 revival of PreSentient (McGregor, 2002), Photograph © Johan Persson

Choreographer: Wayne McGregor

Composer: Steve Reich

Costume designer: Ursula Bombshell

Lighting designer: Lucy Carter

World premiere: 9 Oct 2002, Rambert Dance Company, Festival Theatre

Work note: Dedication: 'I would like to dedicate PreSentient to Christopher Bruce, thanking him for his passion, vision, creativity and above all his inspiration'.

Music title: Triple Quartet (2001)

Music details: Live music: 3 string quartets

Sponsors: Supported by the Frederick Ashton Memorial Commission and the Ashton/Bruce Commissioning Fund.

Awards: 2003 Time Out Award for Outstanding Choreography given to Wayne McGregor.

Source: Programme and reference file in the Rambert Archive

Archive catalogue: WORK/0424

Performances

Date ↿⇂	Programme ↿⇂	Venue ↿⇂
9 Oct 2002 Evening	Ground Level Overlay \| Grinning in Your Face \| PreSentient^*	Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
10 Oct 2002 Evening	Ground Level Overlay \| Grinning In Your Face \| PreSentient	Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
11 Oct 2002 Evening	Ground Level Overlay \| Grinning In Your Face \| PreSentient	Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
12 Oct 2002 Evening	Ground Level Overlay \| Grinning In Your Face \| PreSentient	Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
23 Oct 2002 Evening	Study From Blackbird \| Hurricane (a pantomime) \| Ghost Dances \| PreSentient	Theater Basel, Switzerland
24 Oct 2002 Evening	Study From Blackbird \| Hurricane (a pantomime) \| Ghost Dances \| PreSentient	Theater Basel, Switzerland
12 Nov 2002 Evening	Sounding \| Study from Blackbird \| Grinning In Your Face \| PreSentient^*	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
13 Nov 2002 Evening	Sounding \| Study from Blackbird \| Grinning In Your Face \| PreSentient	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
14 Nov 2002 Matinee	Grinning In Your Face \| PreSentient	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
14 Nov 2002 Evening	Sounding \| Study from Blackbird \| Grinning In Your Face \| PreSentient	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
15 Nov 2002 Evening	Sounding \| Study from Blackbird \| Grinning In Your Face \| PreSentient	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
16 Nov 2002 Matinee	Grinning In Your Face \| PreSentient	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
16 Nov 2002 Evening	Sounding \| Study from Blackbird \| Grinning In Your Face \| PreSentient	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
27 Nov 2002 Evening	Study from Blackbird \| Hurricane (a pantomime) \| PreSentient \| The Parades Gone By	Theatre Royal, Plymouth
28 Nov 2002 Evening	Study from Blackbird \| Hurricane (a pantomime) \| PreSentient \| The Parades Gone By	Theatre Royal, Plymouth
29 Nov 2002 Evening	Study from Blackbird \| Hurricane (a pantomime) \| PreSentient \| The Parades Gone By	Theatre Royal, Plymouth
30 Nov 2002 Evening	Study from Blackbird \| Hurricane (a pantomime) \| PreSentient \| The Parades Gone By	Theatre Royal, Plymouth
5 Mar 2003 Evening	Hurricane (a pantomime) \| Study from Blackbird \| Ghost Dances \| PreSentient	Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield
6 Mar 2003 Matinee	Ghost Dances \| PreSentient	Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield
6 Mar 2003 Evening	Hurricane (a pantomime) \| Study from Blackbird \| Ghost Dances \| PreSentient	Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield
7 Mar 2003 Evening	Hurricane (a pantomime) \| Study from Blackbird \| Ghost Dances \| PreSentient	Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield
8 Mar 2003 Evening	Hurricane (a pantomime) \| Study from Blackbird \| Ghost Dances \| PreSentient	Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield
13 Mar 2003 Evening	Hurricane (a pantomime) \| Study from Blackbird \| Grinning In Your Face \| PreSentient	His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen
14 Mar 2003 Evening	Hurricane (a pantomime) \| Study from Blackbird \| Grinning In Your Face \| PreSentient	His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen
15 Mar 2003 Matinee	Hurricane (a pantomime) \| Study from Blackbird \| Grinning In Your Face \| PreSentient	His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen
15 Mar 2003 Evening	Hurricane (a pantomime) \| Study from Blackbird \| Grinning In Your Face \| PreSentient	His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen
27 Mar 2003 Evening	Visions Fugitives^* \| Grinning in Your Face \| PreSentient	New Victoria Theatre, Woking
28 Mar 2003 Evening	Visions Fugitives \| Grinning in Your Face \| PreSentient	New Victoria Theatre, Woking
29 Mar 2003 Evening	Visions Fugitives \| Grinning in Your Face \| PreSentient	New Victoria Theatre, Woking
1 Apr 2003 Evening	Hurricane (a pantomime) \| Study from Blackbird \| Grinning in Your Face \| PreSentient	Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne
2 Apr 2003 Evening	Hurricane (a pantomime) \| Study from Blackbird \| Grinning in Your Face \| PreSentient	Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne
3 Apr 2003 Matinee	Grinning in Your Face \| PreSentient	Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne
3 Apr 2003 Evening	Hurricane (a pantomime) \| Study from Blackbird \| Grinning in Your Face \| PreSentient	Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne
4 Apr 2003 Evening	Hurricane (a pantomime) \| Study from Blackbird \| Grinning in Your Face \| PreSentient	Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne
5 Apr 2003 Evening	Hurricane (a pantomime) \| Study from Blackbird \| Grinning in Your Face \| PreSentient	Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne
9 Apr 2003 Evening	PreSentient \| Grinning in Your Face \| 21^*	Anthony Hopkins Theatre, Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold
10 Apr 2003 Matinee	Grinning In Your Face \| PreSentient	Anthony Hopkins Theatre, Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold
10 Apr 2003 Evening	PreSentient \| Grinning In Your Face \| 21	Anthony Hopkins Theatre, Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold
11 Apr 2003 Evening	PreSentient \| Grinning In Your Face \| 21	Anthony Hopkins Theatre, Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold
12 Apr 2003 Evening	PreSentient \| Grinning In Your Face \| 21	Anthony Hopkins Theatre, Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold
15 Jul 2003 Evening	Visions Fugitives \| Ghost Dances \| PreSentient	Berlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Germany
16 Jul 2003 Evening	Visions Fugitives \| Ghost Dances \| PreSentient	Berlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Germany
17 Jul 2003 Evening	Visions Fugitives \| Ghost Dances \| PreSentient	Berlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Germany
18 Jul 2003 Evening	Visions Fugitives \| Ghost Dances \| PreSentient	Berlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Germany
19 Jul 2003 Evening	Visions Fugitives \| Ghost Dances \| PreSentient	Berlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Germany
20 Jul 2003 Evening	Visions Fugitives \| Ghost Dances \| PreSentient	Berlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Germany
29 Aug 2003 Evening	Visions Fugitives \| Ghost Dances \| PreSentient	Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia
2 Oct 2003 Evening	PreSentient \| Visions Fugitives \| Elsa Canasta	Theatre Royal, Norwich
3 Oct 2003 Evening	PreSentient \| Visions Fugitives \| Elsa Canasta	Theatre Royal, Norwich
4 Oct 2003 Matinee	PreSentient \| Visions Fugitives \| Elsa Canasta	Theatre Royal, Norwich
4 Oct 2003 Evening	PreSentient \| Visions Fugitives \| Elsa Canasta	Theatre Royal, Norwich
29 Oct 2003 Evening	Living Toys \| PreSentient \| Elsa Canasta	Wycombe Swan Theatre, High Wycombe
30 Oct 2003 Evening	Six Pack^* \| Living Toys \| Six Pack^* \| PreSentient \| Elsa Canasta	Wycombe Swan Theatre, High Wycombe
31 Oct 2003 Evening	Six Pack \| Living Toys \| Six Pack \| PreSentient \| Elsa Canasta	Wycombe Swan Theatre, High Wycombe
1 Nov 2003 Evening	Six Pack \| Living Toys \| Six Pack \| PreSentient \| Elsa Canasta	Wycombe Swan Theatre, High Wycombe
13 Nov 2003 Evening	21 \| Visions Fugitives \| Living Toys \| PreSentient	Shanghai Art Theatre, China
14 Nov 2003 Evening	21 \| Visions Fugitives \| Living Toys \| PreSentient	Shanghai Art Theatre, China
25 Nov 2003 Evening	Six Pack \| Living Toys^* \| Six Pack \| PreSentient \| Elsa Canasta^*	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
26 Nov 2003 Evening	Six Pack \| Living Toys \| Six Pack \| PreSentient \| Elsa Canasta	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
27 Nov 2003 Matinee	Living Toys \| PreSentient	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
27 Nov 2003 Evening	Six Pack \| Living Toys \| Six Pack \| PreSentient \| Elsa Canasta	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
28 Nov 2003 Evening	Six Pack \| Living Toys \| Six Pack \| PreSentient \| Elsa Canasta	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
29 Nov 2003 Matinee	Living Toys \| PreSentient	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
29 Nov 2003 Evening	Six Pack \| Living Toys \| Six Pack \| PreSentient \| Elsa Canasta	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
23 Jan 2004 Evening	21 \| Visions Fugitives \| Living Toys \| PreSentient	Tianqiao Theatre, Beijing, China
24 Jan 2004 Evening	21 \| Visions Fugitives \| Living Toys \| PreSentient	Tianqiao Theatre, Beijing, China
25 Jan 2004 Evening	21 \| Visions Fugitives \| Living Toys \| PreSentient	Tianqiao Theatre, Beijing, China
26 Feb 2004 Evening	Linear Remains \| Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan \| Visions Fugitives \| PreSentient	Hall for Cornwall, Truro
27 Feb 2004 Matinee	Linear Remains \| Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan \| Visions Fugitives \| PreSentient	Hall for Cornwall, Truro
27 Feb 2004 Evening	Linear Remains \| Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan \| Visions Fugitives \| PreSentient	Hall for Cornwall, Truro
24 Mar 2004 Evening	Linear Remains \| Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan \| Visions Fugitives \| PreSentient	Theatre Royal, Brighton
25 Mar 2004 Matinee	Linear Remains \| Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan \| Visions Fugitives \| PreSentient	Theatre Royal, Brighton
25 Mar 2004 Evening	Linear Remains \| Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan \| Visions Fugitives \| PreSentient	Theatre Royal, Brighton
26 Mar 2004 Evening	Linear Remains \| Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan \| Visions Fugitives \| PreSentient	Theatre Royal, Brighton
27 Mar 2004 Evening	Linear Remains \| Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan \| Visions Fugitives \| PreSentient	Theatre Royal, Brighton
2 Jun 2004 Evening	PreSentient \| Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan \| A Tragedy of Fashion \| Elsa Canasta	Birmingham Hippodrome
3 Jun 2004 Evening	PreSentient \| Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan \| A Tragedy of Fashion \| Elsa Canasta	Birmingham Hippodrome
4 Jun 2004 Evening	PreSentient \| Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan \| A Tragedy of Fashion \| Elsa Canasta	Birmingham Hippodrome
5 Jun 2004 Evening	PreSentient \| Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan \| A Tragedy of Fashion \| Elsa Canasta	Birmingham Hippodrome
9 Jun 2004 Evening	PreSentient \| A Tragedy of Fashion \| Elsa Canasta
10 Jun 2004 Evening	PreSentient \| A Tragedy of Fashion \| Elsa Canasta
11 Jun 2004 Evening	PreSentient \| A Tragedy of Fashion \| Elsa Canasta
12 Jun 2004 Evening	PreSentient \| A Tragedy of Fashion \| Elsa Canasta
23 Jun 2004 Evening	Reflection \| A Tragedy of Fashion \| PreSentient	Vigisinhaz [Comedy Theatre], Budapest, Hungary
25 Jun 2004 Evening	Reflection \| A Tragedy of Fashion \| PreSentient	Nemezeti Szinhaz [National Theatre], Gyor, Hungary
30 Jun 2004 Evening	Reflection \| A Tragedy of Fashion \| PreSentient	PalaFenice, Venice, Italy
22 Sep 2004 Evening	PreSentient \| Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan \| A Tragedy of Fashion \| Swamp	The Lowry, Salford, Manchester
23 Sep 2004 Matinee	PreSentient \| Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan \| A Tragedy of Fashion \| Swamp	The Lowry, Salford, Manchester
23 Sep 2004 Evening	PreSentient \| Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan \| A Tragedy of Fashion \| Swamp	The Lowry, Salford, Manchester
24 Sep 2004 Evening	PreSentient \| Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan \| A Tragedy of Fashion \| Swamp	The Lowry, Salford, Manchester
25 Sep 2004 Evening	PreSentient \| Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan \| A Tragedy of Fashion \| Swamp	The Lowry, Salford, Manchester
3 May 2019 Evening	PreSentient \| Rouge \| In your rooms	Churchill Theatre, London
14 May 2019 Evening	PreSentient \| Rouge^* \| In your rooms^*	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
15 May 2019 Evening	PreSentient \| Rouge \| In your rooms	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
16 May 2019 Matinee	PreSentient \| Rouge \| In your rooms	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
16 May 2019 Evening	PreSentient \| Rouge \| In your rooms	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
17 May 2019 Evening	PreSentient \| Rouge \| In your rooms	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
18 May 2019 Evening	PreSentient \| Rouge \| In your rooms	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London

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