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Richard Alston
Contemporary Second Round Judge
Richard Alston choreographed his first work in 1968, as a student of the newly formed London Contemporary Dance School. In 1972, he formed the UK’s first independent dance group Strider.
In 1975 Alston went to New York to study at the Merce Cunningham Dance Studio and in 1980 became Resident Choreographer with Ballet Rambert, and was Artistic Director from 1986 until 1992.
Richard became Artistic Director of The Place in 1994 and formed Richard Alston Dance Company in the autumn of that year. Over the past 20 years he has made over 40 dances for this company.
