Richard Alston Dance Company’s programme includes the London premieres of two brand new works - Alston’s own Fingerprint, choreographed to sublime keyboard pieces by Bach, including Capriccio, (played live onstage by the remarkable young pianist Jason Ridgway); and choreographer and Company dancer Martin Lawrance’s Brink, inspired by Japanese tango music. (Lawrance was the choreographer of About-Face, presented to great acclaim last year).

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Also included in the programme is the Sadler’s Wells’ Premiere of Alston’s Red Run and – brought back from last year in response to many audience requests - The Devil In The Detail, performed to Scott Joplin’s irrepressibly upbeat ragtime.

Red Run embraces the spirit of its atmospheric score by the German composer Heiner Goebbels. Electric guitar gives a hint of rock, and piano and brass break into passages of all-out jazz – but these episodes shift gear sharply into darker, more shadowy passages.

The Devil In The Detail is a light-hearted, light-footed celebration of elegance and wit. Scott Joplin, The King of Ragtime, wrote piano rags of huge appeal, rich in syncopated detail. It’s music to make the dancers strut and stride in high style.