Richard Alston (other)
Richard Alston may refer to: * Richard Alston (choreographer) (born 1948), British choreographer * Richard Alston (politician) (born 1941), Australian high commissioner to the UK and former Australian senator * Richard Alston (gridiron football) (born 1980), gridiron football wide receiver and return specialist * Richard Alston (classicist) (born 1965), professor of Roman history at Royal Holloway, University of London {{DEFAULTSORT:Alston, Richard ...
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Richard Alston (choreographer)
Sir Richard Alston CBE (born 30 October 1948) 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). Life and career Educated at Eton College, 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. 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. During that time he created 25 works for Rambert as well as the Royal Danish Ballet (1982), the Royal Ballet (1983), and two solo works for Michael Clark (''Soda Lake'' and ''Dutiful Ducks''). He returned to Rambert in 2001, creating ''Unre ...
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