Richard Alston Dance Company

Contemporary dance. Richard Alston, Artistic Director of The Place, the UK’s leading centre for contemporary dance, is internationally recognised as one of the most influential and inspiring choreographers in British dance.

Richard Alston has been making dance for 50 years. He will celebrate his half-century with a programme full of his trademark lyrical choreography performed by undoubtedly one of the world’s finest dance ensembles. Featuring Grand Walkaround a sparkling new dance to the effervescent piano pieces of Creole composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk. Performed alongside a new piece by associate choreographer Martin Lawrance.