Created for
Richard Alston Dance Company
 
Music
Terry Riley - Keyboard Study #1
 
Lighting
Charles Balfour
 
Costumes
Jeanne Spaziani

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Duration

21 minutes

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Originally danced by a cast of

6 women 5 men 

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Video Excerpt

Filmed and edited by Richard Coleman at The Place.

Produced by The Place.

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Overdrive is one of a whole series of pieces I have made responding to the excitement and energy of 

pure rhythm, dances which ride swiftly along on a great tide of rhythmic pulse. The rhythms in Overdrive are indeed quite relentless, and the dancers need to count them exactly, leaping from one melodic fragment to another.
Guiding us through the music are three women in red. They first appear gliding seamlessly through the space providing a sort of punctuation through the maze of complex layers of music. The solo for Martin Lawrance uses rapid steps and weightier moments to accent phrases, something I love to do.

First performed by the Richard Alston Dance Company on 3 October 2003.