Richard Alston’s dance illuminated the music, let you delight in the moment – and stole my heart

<p>The radical British choreographer, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/sep/08/richard-alston-pioneering-choreographer-dies">who has died aged 77</a>, was as warm and graceful as his astonishing body of work</p><p>The first contemporary dance I really love