Edinburgh gets its very own world premiere from the Richard Alston Dance Company this September. This brand new work, commissioned for the Festival Theatre, is choreographed by Martin Lawrance (“what a force to reckoned with he truly is” Scotsman) and is inspired by the passionate piano music of Franz Liszt. Read more …
Also in this diverse programme, Alston’s latest piece Rejoice in the Lamb is danced to Britten’ssuperb setting of Christopher Smart poetry – full of religious fervour and eccentric details such as Smart’s cat Jeoffry!
“Alston’s choreographic response was a joyous and fitting tribute to the great composer, and sent the audience out into the dismal British weather, undeterred and smiling”Dance Europe
Alston’s Hӧlderlin Fragments is danced to Britten’s calm setting of Friedrich Hölderlin’s enigmatic lyrics.
“Its ingenuity and detail are as good asanything seen in the past decade”The Stage
In his classic Overdrive, Alston takes up the pulsating rhythm of Terry Riley’s music and runs with it to the wire. A close-meshed grid of sound sets a dance moving – shifting, changing direction, curving over and under but never pausing for breath.
Interview: choreographer Martin Lawrance on his Franz Liszt piece for Richard Alston Dance Company
Festival Theatre, Edinburgh on Friday September 26, 2014. More info: http://www.edtheatres.com/festival
Theatre Royal, Glasgow on Tuesday November 11, 2014. More info: www.theambassadors.com/theatreroyalglasgow/
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