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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. Music is at the very heart of Richard Alston’s dance making, and this season sees the master choreographer’s company span some 250 years of music, from Baroque composer J.S. Bach to the contemporary Californian composer Terry Riley. Wild, energetic and thrilling, Overdrive is powered by the relentless push of Riley’s percussive, cross-rhythmic keyboard studies. Trance-like in its effect, the choreography demands extreme virtuosity and stamina from its performers and is rightly acclaimed as a modern masterpiece of British dance. ‘Fast-paced and utterly exhilarating’ Sunday Times The programme also includes company choreographer Martin Lawrance’s latest success, To Dance and Skylark (pictured), a glorious and colourful ensemble piece which is danced to two of Bach’s most joyful Brandenburg Concertos, the F Major and G Major. ‘Clever, original, true choreography. I want to see much more of Lawrance’s dance making’ Financial Times