This event finished on: 18 April 2012
Shimmer is a dance to the sun-drenched music of Ravel played live by Jason Ridgway. Julien Macdonald’s fabulous, jewel-encrusted cobweb costumes illuminate dazzling streaks of limpid choreography in a ravishingly beautiful piece of theatre. “Alston's barefoot dancers look as if they have been sprinkled with fairy dust. The effect is magical….It’s one of Alston’s most quietly moving dances.” The Times
In Lie of the Land, the sharp sweetness of Ned Rorem’s String Quartet No.4 has taken Martin Lawrance into new territory. Lyrical yet urgent dancing charts the lie of the land in ever restless and searching mood changes. “Lawrance’s most impressive dance yet. Strong, clear and charged with expressive tension.” The Times
The evening’s triple bill is completed by a revival of Richard Alston’s iconic Roughcut, made in 1990 and probably his best-loved signature piece. It is danced to Steve Reich’s shimmeringly beautiful New York and Electric Counterpoints, for clarinet and guitar. This is a rare chance to see one of the defining classics of British Dance. “Fills the stripped-back reaches of the stage with a mercurial joie de vivre that makes you grin in the dark.” The Herald
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