Richard Alston - Wildlife
1984 - ANS-Premiere date?
A second dancer emerges from the sculpture from upstage into centre. The dancers perform in
unison, with turns, arabesques within the sculpture. - ANS-What happens after this is
performed?
A zigzag design of oversize kites - ANS-What was the set design?
Artistic Audience - ANS-What type of audience did the work target
Audience catches glimpses of movement, viewing through gaps - ANS-How do the audience
view this?
Comprised of small ensemble of wind, percussion, and strings with a sound projectionist adding
stereophonic effects - ANS-Details in the music
Dancers echo angular overlapping shapes of oversized kites - ANS-How does the movement
correlate to the Sculptures?
Explosively exotic - ANS-How can the music be described?
Financial assistance from Lloyds Bank - ANS-What did the commission receive, and from who?
Long unitards, consisting of various colours with different stripes on - ANS-What do the costume
consist of?
Nigel Osborne - ANS-Who was the score by?
Praised it saying they 'execute Wildlife with such commitment and style that the whole idea
melds into that rarity.' - ANS-What does Melvyn Bragg say about thte dancers who performed it?
Published by Universal Edition, London and was Alston's first commissioned score - ANS-What
was significant about the music?
Red kite structure - downstage
White sculpture - upstage
One dancer enters from stage left, performing arabesques, leaps, and positions are help. -
ANS-How does the work open? (Set and Movement)
Richard Smith - ANS-Who design set?
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