Created for
Richard Alston Dance Company
 

Music 

Domenico Scarlatti - Keyboard Sonatas, Accordion: K.146, K.284, K.39 (played by
Teodoro Anzellotti - Winter & Winter, 2001), Piano: K.27, K.420, K.159, K.3, K.70, K.141, K.32

Lighting 

Karl Oskar Sørdal

Costumes 

Fotini Dimou

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Duration

32 minutes

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Originally danced by a cast of

6 women 5 men 

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Video Excerpt

Filmed and edited at Peak Performances @ Montclair State University.

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The Baroque composer Domenico Scarlatti left Italy for the Royal Court in Lisbon. Later in Spain he absorbed strong influences from Spanish guitar music and created a fascinating hybrid form in his harpsichord pieces.

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​The music was unique in the Baroque Era and recognised as the extraordinary work of a master. To echo this cultural exchange I invited a superb young Kathak trained dancer, Vidya Patel, to perform with my company and thus to help me create my own hybrid blend of movement.

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An Italian in Madrid received its premiere at Sadler's Wells on 29 March 2016.