L’Anatomie de la Sensation

This stage set was designed for L’Anatomie de la Sensation, a ballet by Wayne McGregor inspired by the paintings of Francis Bacon, staged at the Opéra Bastille in 2011.

The British architect built the set from a few large planar walls that fold, open and close across the stage. Narrow slots and broad surfaces catch the light, so the space shifts from deep black to fields of white, red and yellow around the dancers.