Richard Alston Dance Company shines in Sadler's Wells mixed bill

By Graham Watts, 05 March 2019

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Reviewed at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London on 1 March 2019

Detour (Martin Lawrance)

Proverb (Alston) (Richard Alston)

Brahms Hungarian (Richard Alston)

Quatermark (Richard Alston)

Richard Alston Dance Company

Final Edition for the Richard Alston Dance Company

Graham Watts, 7th March

The final full stop for a much-loved company

****1

Richard Alston Dance Company returns one last time to The Place

Graham Watts, 27th November

A poignant farewell leaves the home audience wanting more.

****1

Richard Alston Dance Company's Final Edition

Kirsty Morgan, 27th September

It is sad that Final Edition will be Richard Alston dance company's final tour, but it is a fantastic production to leave us with.

****1

Ballet Black mixed bill

Graham Watts, 3rd March

The Ballet Black formula works its wonders yet again with Annabelle Lopez Ochoa scoring her third successive hit for a British ballet company.

***11

An Italian in Madrid at Sadlers Wells

Christopher Curtis, 29th March

The latest bill from the Richard Alston Dance Company shows its leader as a consummate teacher: studied, scholarly, thoughtful.

****1

Richard Alston Dance Company

Rosamaria Kostic Cisneros, 27th January

Richard Alston is a true Contemporary Dance artist and choreographer, and his company a staple within the British Contemporary Dance scene. But last week's performance at Sadler's Wells was short of a five star.

***11

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Graham Watts

Graham Watts is a freelance dance writer and critic writing regularly for Dancing Times, Dance Europe, Danza Europa, and many more publications. He regularly writes features for Sadler’s Wells, London Coliseum and La Scala. Chairman of the Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle in the United Kingdom and of the UK National Dance Awards he has interviewed many of the greatest names in dance including Maya Plisetskaya, Vladimir Vasiliev, Boris Eifman, Alexei Ratmansky, Andris Liepa, Sir Peter Wright, David Bintley and Dame Gillian Lynne. When not involved in dance Graham is a keen fencer, and has captained the British Sabre team.