“An Allegory for Our Time”: The Royal Ballet’s “Dante Project”

LONDON – “Be like a jellyfish,” said Wayne McGregor, expressively waving his upper body. One afternoon recently, the dancers on the dark stage of the Royal Opera House looked at him for a moment. Then they tried to be like the jellyfish as a whole. McGregor, resident choreographer at the Royal Ballet, laughed. “Wonderful!” she …