Richard Alston Dance Company
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- Website: www.richardalstondance.com
Richard Alston Dance Company present Richard Alston's Devil in the Detail inspired by the music of Scott Joplin, Martin Lawrance's Madcap with music from New York band Bang on a Can All-Stars and Shimmer with costumes designed by Julien Macdonald. There's a pre-show talk, free to ticket-holders, at 6.30pm.
Richard Alston Dance Company's eagerly anticipated return to Edinburgh includes Alston’s latest choreography, A Ceremony of Carols.
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.
'A choreographer for whom every dance is a love affair with his chosen music' – The Times
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Reviews & features
Choreographer Martin Lawrance dicusses new work Madcap
18 Oct 2012
The dancer has created the work for Richard Alston Dance Company
For years, the only person who created work for the Richard Alston Dance Company was Alston himself. More recently, we’ve come to expect regular contributions from talented heir apparent, Martin Lawrance, the latest of which is Madcap. Set to an…
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