Wayne McGregor' US Premiere "Autobiography"-It's Phenomenal and Puts Dance on an Elevated Plane

The multitalented and multi-award winning choreographer/director Wayne McGregor (b UK 1970) is a maverick trailblazer in the dance world.  "Autobiography" made its US premiere at the Joyce theater last week.  It is the most oustoundingest supreme spectacle of choreography I have been privileged to watch as a gaped mouth onlooker.  Before you think I didn't spellcheck outstandingest it's because McGregor's work is so astonishing there aren't enough superlatives to do justice to the choreography, dancers, lighting, costuming, stage designing.  McGregor has advanced the artistry of dance to another plane ahead of the approximate vernacular to describe.  This was a breathtaking virtuoso performance of such stunning beauty & power that while it is inspirational it is far beyond reach for most mortals to aspire to this level of skill & inventiveness.  McGregor's choreography has been performed by the world's leading ballet companies in addition to modern dance companies such as the always exceptional Alvin Ailey Amer. Dance Theater.  He has jetted the dance world on its head with every move he makes.  The ensemble of dancers' displayed astounding agility, musicality, and divertissements; movements were graceful, strong nuanced and poignant.   The program prints his first name backwards & upside down melding the upside down W fo the M for McGregor.   The concept, direction & choreography for "Autobiography" were McGregor's.  Accolades must be given composer Jin's electronic music, lighting design by Lucy Carter and set design & projection by Ben Cullen Williams, a London based visual artist & designer.  The costumer designer Aitor Throup (b Argentina) is a British designer, artist and creative director.  The androgynous black, white, nude palette and ephemeral costumes were magnificent.  The dancers stripped down to bare minimal black shorts, sports bras and the male dancers bare chested for the final movement.  Bravo to all the artists who contributed their talents to making this profound and visually stunning work of art. The dance company was an integrated ensemble of male/female and multi-ethnicities.  If I were to be cynical (and I won't) I would claim the dancers (whom I watched & envied from the 4th row) all so good-looking it felt like an opening to an advertisement or runway show.  Perhaps, McGregor could be charged with hiring only the most beautiful & talented dancers.  If I were a talent scout or casting director or artistic director I'd be looking to lure away all these dancers.  In the meantime, the dance world should be looking to what new heights  Wayne McGregor is going to extend dance and dramaturgy.  I hope McGregor will allow other companies to use his choreography.  It should be seen in numerous originations.