Richard Alston Dance Company

Wed 28 & Thurs 29 March 7.30pm

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Movement and music are fused into a unique and profound synthesis in the work of Richard Alston Dance Company.  This year, the company's programme is danced to music spanning four centuries, from Mozart to Benjamin Britten and Hoagy Carmichael.

Richard Alston's brand new Unfinished Business is danced to the beautiful, lucid and flowing music of Mozart – the two movements of an unfinished piano sonata, Opus K533. To these, Alston has added an extraordinary arrangement of Mozart's brilliant Gigue in D by the Italian virtuoso Federico Busoni, creating a third movement which, accompanied by a live pianist, brings the work to a rousing close.

A Ceremony of Carols is another new work from Alston, choreographed to Benjamin Britten's masterpiece for boys' voices and harp. The music is of magisterial simplicity, conjuring up a rich world of rapt and devout adoration; the dance is a celebration of a sheer surge of breath, a pure stream of sound.

Shuffle It Right features private recordings made by the American songwriter Hoagy Carmichael, who himself sings, whistles and plays piano on them. The songs Alston has chosen – including Riverboat Shuffle, Ol' Man Harlem and, of course, Star Dust – scurry along with wry little licks and punched out syncopated rhythms.

www.theplace.org.uk/radc

"The finest choreographer the British modern dance scene has ever known"
THE NEW YORK TIMES

"Sent me home insanely happy"
THE NEW YORK TIMES

Age: 10yrs+

Running Time: 1hr 50mins

MEET RICHARD ALSTON
Richard Alston will give a FREE post-performance talk on Wed 28 March. He will speak about the evening's programme and answer any questions you might have about his company and his choreography.