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==Birth - Death==
 
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Ballet Choreographer and performer working in contemporary dance, opera and theatre. In 2008 he launched his own company bgroup creating the works 'The Diminishing Present', 'This Moment is Your Life' (A Bloomberg Place Prize commission) and most recently 'About Around' for the ensemble.  The Russian ministry of culture invited Wright to work on a new arts and culture programme designed to develop the contemporary arts in the country's more remote cities. However, as a gay man Wright found it impossible to accept the invitation based on Russian anti-gay rights laws.
 
Ballet Choreographer and performer working in contemporary dance, opera and theatre. In 2008 he launched his own company bgroup creating the works 'The Diminishing Present', 'This Moment is Your Life' (A Bloomberg Place Prize commission) and most recently 'About Around' for the ensemble.  The Russian ministry of culture invited Wright to work on a new arts and culture programme designed to develop the contemporary arts in the country's more remote cities. However, as a gay man Wright found it impossible to accept the invitation based on Russian anti-gay rights laws.
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* http://bgroup.org.uk/
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* http://www.roh.org.uk/people/ben-wright
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* http://www.candoco.co.uk/about-us/people/staff-and-board/ben-wright
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Revision as of 15:49, 3 September 2018

Ben Wright

Country

Great Britain

Birth - Death

Occupation

Entertainment

Description

Ballet Choreographer and performer working in contemporary dance, opera and theatre. In 2008 he launched his own company bgroup creating the works 'The Diminishing Present', 'This Moment is Your Life' (A Bloomberg Place Prize commission) and most recently 'About Around' for the ensemble. The Russian ministry of culture invited Wright to work on a new arts and culture programme designed to develop the contemporary arts in the country's more remote cities. However, as a gay man Wright found it impossible to accept the invitation based on Russian anti-gay rights laws.

Further Reading/Research


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