NOW celebrating its 20th year, the Richard Alston Dance Company will be returning to Worcestershire later this month with an exhilarating mixture of new and classic work.

The company of 10 dancers will be presenting a mix of repertoire when it performs at Malvern’s Forum Theatre on Tuesday and Wednesday, February 24 and 25 (7.45pm).

This will feature Nomadic and Burning, the latest works by Alston and his associate choreographer Martin Lawrance, alongside old favourites such as 2003’s Overdrive.

Alston continues to break new ground for himself with his new work Nomadic, having invited young hip-hop and contemporary choreographer/performer Ajani Johnson-Goffe to collaborate with him - a first in his 45-year career.

Exploring the meeting point between hip-hop and world music, Nomadic is set to music by the Ursari Gypsy band Shukar Collective who fuse Romany and electronic music to dark, sharp effect.

Martin Lawrance’s latest work, Burning, premiered in Scotland in Autumn 2014 to a standing ovation and rave reviews. Set to Lizst’s Dante Sonata, played live, Burning explores ‘Lisztomania’ and the composer’s relationship with the young, married Countess, Marie D’Agoult. The passion floods out of every pore in this frenetic and emotional piece.

Alston’s classic Overdrive is an exhilarating blast of non-stop dancing to the pulsating rhythms of Californian minimalist Terry Riley.

The Richard Alston Dance Company is one of the UK’s leading choreographer-led companies, for which its founder has created over 45 dance-works.