Richard Alston Dance Company

Britain’s most celebrated contemporary dance company returns with a programme which features the shimmering beauty of Ravel, the exhilaration of Benjamin Britten and the lighting energy of Bang on a Can All-Stars.

Shimmer is danced to the sun-drenched music of Ravel played live. Julien Macdonald’s fabulous, jewel-encrusted cobweb costumes illuminate dazzling streaks of limpid choreography in a ravishingly beautiful piece of theatre.

Revived for last year’s centenary of Benjamin Britten, Illuminations paints a vivid picture of the wild young genius Arthur Rimbaud. Britten and Alston combine to depict images from the turbulent life of the young poet, visionary and misfit in equal part.

To end the evening, Martin Lawrance’s Madcap is fast paced, thrilling and set to the driven music of ultra-cool New York band, Bang on a Can All-Stars. Madcap was rapturously received by audiences and critics alike last season.