Richard Alston Dance Company March 28, 2007

Richard Alston Dance Company's programme presents both Alston's lyrical and lighter sides - the sharp energies of Red Run yielding to the irrepressibly upbeat ragtime of Devil In The Detail.

Red Run embraces the spirit of its atmospheric score by the German composer Heiner Goebbels. Electric guitar gives a hint of rock, and piano and brass break into passages of all-out jazz - but these episodes shift gear sharply into darker, more shadowy passages…

“From this edgy soundscape Alston's dance rediscovers the tense, unpredictable energy that marks his greatest work ” THE GUARDIAN

Devil In The Detail is a light-hearted, light-footed celebration of elegance and wit. Scott Joplin,The King of Ragtime,wrote piano rags of huge appeal, rich in syncopated detail. It's music to make the dancers strut and stride in high style.

New works by Richard Alston and Martin Lawrance will complete the programme.

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