This event finished on: 25 March 2012
The programme begins with Shuffle It Right featuring private recordings made by the American songwriter Hoagy Carmichael, who himself sings, whistles and plays piano on them. The songs Alston has chosen – including Riverboat Shuffle, Ol’ Man Harlem and, of course, Star Dust – scurry along with wry little licks and punched out syncopated rhythms.
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.
Richard Alston’s iconic Roughcut, made in 1990, is probably his best-loved signature piece. It is danced to Steve Reich’s shimmeringly beautiful New York Counterpoint and Electric Counterpoint, played live by clarinettist Roger Heaton and guitarist James Woodrow. 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
Visit:
Schrittmacher Festival, Aachen, Germany
Fabrik Stahlbau Strang
Philipsstraße 2
52068 Aachen/Rothe Erde
www.schrittmacherfestival.de