The Structure of Time

Tuesday 23 March 2010 at 7.30pm

Presented and choreographed by Alpana Sengupta Dance Company Following their successful residency in 2008, with members of the community and local schools taking part in workshops that resulted in the show Zodiac, we are proud to welcome back Alpana Sengupta Dance Company to the Riverhead Theatre.

STRUCTURE OF TIME, is performed by five members of the company, to music composed and arranged by classical sitarist, Mick Taylor, that takes the footwork section of the Kathak repertoire to create wave after wave of different rhythms and beats in unison with a variety of Indian drums and other percussion instruments.

Time is a method of measuring intervals. In the context of music and dance, rhythm refers to the arrangement of time. The Indian system of rhythm has developed complex ways in which beats are arranged into patterns, further divided and sub-divided in varying tempos. One of the main features of the Kathak style of dance is the display of fast and often complex footwork, usually occurring as the climax of the dance, when the feet and ankle-bells of the dancer are used entirely as instruments of percussion.

Tickets £8.00 TheatreCards £7.00