Touch and Go
Dance Costume
2002 (made)
2002 (made)
| Artist/Maker |
Costume designed by Elizabeth Baker for Touch and Go, choreographed by Richard Alston, 2002.
Touch and Go was choregraphed to Piazzolla for duets, the music of Astor Piazolla arranged by Roberto Daris, and was first performed at the Gardner Arts Centre, Brighton, on 19 February 2002. Ismene Brown in the Daily Telegraph, 21 March 2002, said of it 'Steely-eyed pimps and backless dames in tango's dark dives are not the sort of people you might associate with Richard Alston...But Touch and Go...is his take on that fabulous dance style, and it has all his usual restrained urbanity.'
Touch and Go was choregraphed to Piazzolla for duets, the music of Astor Piazolla arranged by Roberto Daris, and was first performed at the Gardner Arts Centre, Brighton, on 19 February 2002. Ismene Brown in the Daily Telegraph, 21 March 2002, said of it 'Steely-eyed pimps and backless dames in tango's dark dives are not the sort of people you might associate with Richard Alston...But Touch and Go...is his take on that fabulous dance style, and it has all his usual restrained urbanity.'
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Title | Touch and Go (generic title) |
| Brief description | Costume designed by Elizabeth Baker for Touch and Go, choreographed by Richard Alston, 2002 |
| Physical description | S.237:1-2021 Pink pleated halter neck top printed with red poppies, made by Emanuel Ungaro (pattern code 2851274). S.237:2-2021 Wide legged low waist white silk trousers, designed by Elizabeth Baker, fastened with a zip on the left side. Made in light-weight silk crêpe, purchased at Pongees. |
| Credit line | Richard Alston Dance Company Archive given by the Contemporary Dance Trust |
| Object history | Acquired as part of the Richard Alston Dance Company Archive THM/627 from the London Contemporary Dance Trust |
| Summary | Costume designed by Elizabeth Baker for Touch and Go, choreographed by Richard Alston, 2002. Touch and Go was choregraphed to Piazzolla for duets, the music of Astor Piazolla arranged by Roberto Daris, and was first performed at the Gardner Arts Centre, Brighton, on 19 February 2002. Ismene Brown in the Daily Telegraph, 21 March 2002, said of it 'Steely-eyed pimps and backless dames in tango's dark dives are not the sort of people you might associate with Richard Alston...But Touch and Go...is his take on that fabulous dance style, and it has all his usual restrained urbanity.' |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.237:1, 2-2021 |
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| Record created | June 17, 2021 |
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