These special performances mark both forty years of Alston-choreography and his sixty years on earth. They also mark Alston’s thirty-year relationship with Dance Umbrella. The programme includes two new works and a London premiere.
The Men In My Life is a celebration of the remarkable work that Alston has made for male dancers, ranging from an early solo, Strider (1971), through choreography made for such outstanding dancers as Michael Clark, Darshan Singh Bhuller and Martin Lawrance, right up to the latest works for Jonathan Goddard, nominated this year for the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance.
Also in the programme, the world premiere of Blow Over - set to the racing pace of Philip Glass’ Songs From Liquid Days - and Shuffle It Right, inspired by the idiosyncratic and jazzy songs of Hoagy Carmichael.
‘The best British dance maker since Ashton.’ Financial Times
World Premieres (The Men In My Life and Blow Over)
Blow Over is co-commissioned by Sadler’s Wells and Dance Umbrella.
