Two of the most popular
British dance works of recent years form tonight's double-bill. Soldat, performed by the Rambert Dance
Company, is choreographed by Ashley Page to the music of Igor Stravinsky 's Soldier's Tale, is staged around brilliantly coloured sculpture by Bruce McLean. Swansong is a harrowing story of interrogation and torture, choreographed by Christopher Bruce for the English National Ballet, with an electronic score by Philip Chambon.
Introduced by Judith Mackrell. Soldat directed by Bob Lockyer
Swansong directed by Thomas Grimm