Richard alston biography

British choreographer (born 1948)

Sir Richard AlstonCBE (born 30 October 1948)^[1] is a British choreographer. He has been resident choreographer and artistic director for the Ballet Rambert and is currently artistic director at The Place. His works include "Windhover" (1972), "Soda Lake", and "Pulsinella" (1987).^[2]

Life and career

Educated at Eton College,^[3] Alston trained as a dancer at the London School of Contemporary Dance, and then choreographed for the London Contemporary Dance Theatre before forming the UK's first independent dance company, Strider, in 1972.^[4]

In 1976, he went to New York City to study at the Merce Cunningham Dance Studio. In 1980 he was appointed resident choreographer with Ballet Rambert, serving as the company's artistic director from 1986 to 1992.^[5][6]

During that time he created 25 works for Rambert as well as the Royal Danish Ballet (1982), the Roy