Alston In Overdrive London Grid for Learning
  • About
    • Find out more about the Richard Alston Dance Company
    • How to use this resource
      About this resourceTheory, Practical and Resource sheetsOptimised video file viewingPlaying videos in Full ScreenEmbed a video in your own webpageMaking the most of Overdrive by using the London MLE
    • Acknowledgments
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  • Overdrive Film
    • Play whole film
    • Overdrive in the Studio
    • Interview with Richard Alston
    • The music from Overdrive
    • Credits
  • Overdrive Lessons
    • Lessons Overview
    • Lesson 1
    • Lesson 2
    • Lesson 3
    • Lesson 4
    • Lessons 5 & 6
Overdrive

An in-depth analysis of Richard Alston's 2003 piece Overdrive

Developed in partnership with the London Grid for Learning, this new online resource offers a comprehensive analysis of how
the choreography for Overdrive is structured, as well as detailed discussion of Terry Riley's inspirational music Keyboard
Study #1.

Alston in Overdrive is an essential resource for students and teachers of
dance, music and the performing arts.

The resource includes:

  • Full performance of Overdrive by Richard Alston Dance Company
  • Teaching demonstration material
  • Interview with Richard Alston in which he talks about his work
    and his choreographic process
  • Interviews with Terry Riley and Steffan Schleiermacher discussing
    the score
  • New Lesson plan material to support all the online video resources

Bob Usher
LGfL Content Manager

Katherine Rothman
Programme Leader, Essential Alston

April 2011

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