Redefining movement through athletics, art, and the environment

At the intersection of art, sport and the environment, PGNA and its flagship project All Terrain Training are redefining what it means to move together. Led by London-based artist Will Pegna, this pioneering studio transforms athletics into a poetic language to explore our connection to the world.

PGNA is the creative studio led by London-based artist and movement director, Will Pegna, specialising in movement-centred practices for performance and screen. Founded around a fusion of expanded athletics, spirituality and artificial harmony, PGNA explores how groups move, learn and form collectively, channelling a relentless energy and endurance into natural or digital landscapes.

PGNA's work encompasses choreography, design and interdisciplinary collaborations, challenging conventional perceptions of athletics. By reappropriating sporting activities, it elevates them into resonant narratives that connect personal movement to broader cultural and environmental contexts. Its practice has received international recognition, with projects featured on platforms such as Nowness, Saatchi Gallery and Geoscience Communication.

Launched in 2020, All Terrain Training (ATT) is PGNA's flagship long-term research and performance series. Launched in 2020, All Terrain Training (ATT) is a research and performance series exploring community connection to hybrid environments through expanded athletics. Operating at the intersection of performance, visual culture, speculative fiction, and environmental inquiry, ATT reframes physical training as a post-athletic system of discovery, blending sport, fiction, nature, and art to question our relationship to the world.

In Pegna's own words: « ATT is a research series I founded in 2020 to explore our connection to the environment via expanded athletics. We use performance to formulate a conceptual identity combining sport, fiction, nature, and art. » The moral core of the project emphasizes collective potential — creating something greater than the sum of its parts, in the image of high-performing sports teams, while pushing athletic boundaries.

Over six years, ATT has produced multiple internationally commissioned projects, collaborating with more than 80 artists and 12 brands. Key partnerships include côte&ciel, adidas, J.L-A.L, Vibram and Johanna Parv, extending choreographic inquiry into fashion, sport, and performance.

The early phases of ATT pushed physical and conceptual limits. A seminal work involved seven dancers remaining in committed contact for three hours, blending seismic vibrations and sounds of glacial collisions with endurance training. This non-competitive format embodied « All [Collective] Terrain [Landscape] Training [Movement] », underscoring a relentless energy and tectonic undertones, like a three-hour rugby scrum reflecting earthly activity.

Family collaborations added depth, such as the durational live work with artist Shirley Pegna (Will's mother), reflecting an intergenerational artistic synergy.

ATT has toured worldwide: Berlin, Milan, Seoul, The Hague, and the United Kingdom, central performance sites, with a notable activation at Vibram headquarters during Milan Design Week (2022), merging climbing equipment and symbolic team connection. With ongoing developments in the UK through rotating performances.

These events highlight ATT's transdisciplinary scope, integrating architecture, sonic language, and detailed movement to probe human behavior, collective potential, and digital dissonance.

The latest chapter, Parasound (presented in July 2025 during London Open Live at the Whitechapel Gallery), propels ATT toward an "athletic expansion." Six hybrid performers navigate a modular metal framework, collecting sounds through unconventional methods. Custom "Sonic Bags," co-designed with côte&ciel and Joel Wilson, enable this sonic exploration, transcending the equipment's original use into collective instrumentation.

PGNA and ATT are pioneering a new paradigm for the art of movement, where athletic rigor meets speculative inquiry. Pegna's obsession with codifying movement, rooted in competitive sport and conceptual art studies, drives innovations such as costumes with designer Stan, ensuring an authentic presentation across art, fashion, and sport.

In 2026, ATT continues to evolve, consolidating PGNA's position at the forefront of hybrid performance. It invites audiences to rethink training not as competition, but as a tool for environmental and community awareness.