Dance Umbrella 2008: 30 September - 8 November

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A Feeling For Practice
Music and the Choreographer: Richard Alston and Charlotte Vincent

Sat 4 October, 3pm
Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall

Everyone knows there is a fundamental link between choreography and music, but how do choreographers choose their music, and what part does it play in developing a new piece of work?

The relationship can be straightforward or complex, the sound score can be pre-existing, devised, commissioned - or even non-existent. There are as many ways as there are choreographers and dances, but one thing is certain: the soundscape of any production is an integral and vital part of the artist's vision for the work.

Following the sell-out success of last year’s talk with Shobana Jeyasingh and Siobhan Davies, A Feeling for Practice returns - this time with music and choreography as its focus.

Join renowned choreographers Richard Alston and Charlotte Vincent as they reveal something of their very different working methods and give insights into their own individual relationships with music and movement. Facilitated by Dick McCaw.

With performers from Richard Alston Dance Company and Vincent Dance Theatre.

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