COMPOSERS as diverse as Scarlatti, Terry Riley and Rameau have inspired newly created dances that will be performed at Malvern Theatres.

Contemporary dance troupe the Richard Alston Dance Company is making a return visit to the theatre when it takes to the stage next Thursday and Friday.

For its autumn programme, the company will present two new works - Overdrive and Grey Allegro.

Richard has carved out a reputation for incorporating lively "dance language" in his innovative choreography, with his work combining creativity and adventure.

He says his latest offering embraces music close to his heart and enables dance to "speak eloquently for itself".

Overdrive is driven by the relentless push of Terry Riley's keyboard studies, with the music creating ever more complicated layers of urgent rhythm, with the dancers hard pressed to keep up with the pace. The ensuing end result is wild and energetic.

Choreographed by Martin Lawrence, Richard Alston's long-time colleague, Grey Allegro is powered by Domencio Scarlatti's Sonatas for keyboard.

It marks a first for the company, as it is the first time since its formation in 1994 that another choreographer's work has featured in the repertoire.

Taut and elegant, Grey Allegro matches Scarlatti's sonorities with sharp choreographic precision.

An added bonus included in the programme is a revival of one of Richard Alston's biggest hits of recent years - Brisk Singing. Music is from the opera Les Boreades, by Baroque composer, Jean Phillippe Rameau.

Brisk Singing is designed as an uplifing work, presented by the whole company, carried along by the warmth and lightness of spirit in Rameau's music.

Tickets are available through the Malvern Theatres box office on 01684 892277.

46 Newly created dancers offer a treat to Malvern theatre-goers.