Date(s): 25 - 26 May 2010
Time(s): 7:30 pm
Music is at the very heart of Richard Alston’s dance making, and this season sees the master choreographer’s company span some 250 years of music, from Baroque composer JS Bach to the contemporary Californian composer Terry Riley.
Wild, energetic and thrilling, Overdrive is powered by the relentless push of Riley’s percussive, cross-rhythmic keyboard studies. Trance-like in its effect, the choreography demands extreme virtuosity and stamina from its performers and is rightly acclaimed as a modern masterpiece of British dance.
"Fast-paced and utterly exhilarating" Sunday Times
Shuffle It Right features a collection of songs from Hoagy Carmichael including Riverboat Shuffle, Georgia, Old Man Harlem and Star Dust. This toe-tapping, knee-jiggling music gets the whole company moving.
"A wonderfully joyful way to end the evening" The Daily Telegraph
The much loved Brandenburg concertos of Bach are sturdy, vigorous and joyous celebrations of bright instrumental colour. In To Dance And Skylark Martin Lawrance's high-spirited athletic steps pick up on all the elation of this glorious music.
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Date(s): 25 - 26 May 2010
Time(s): 7:30 pm
Price: £9-18
Curve
Rutland Street
Leicester
LE1 1SB
Box office: 0116 242 3595
photos: Hugo Glendinning