Rambert Dance Company, Until Saturday October 21, Theatre Royal Bath.

Rambert has an impressive 80-year history as Britain's oldest dance school, but the future was the basis for their most recent show.

Split into four very different dances, the audience was taken on a journey into various relationships and soundscapes.

Divine Influence opened the show and featured a duet of white robed dancers who moved fluidly together and effectively used their costumes to pull each other around in a romantic tug-of-war.

The solo performance from Melanie Teall, Transit, followed. Clad in pants, bra and blonde wig she flounced across the stage to an industrial soundtrack.

Highlighted by a single spotlight, her erotically-charged, jerky movements were reminiscent of a puppet or snake unfurling from its basket.

After the first of two intervals, Pond Way featured dancers skipping, hopping and jumping - using repetitive movements to create the impression of pond life. The Lichtenstein painting on stage provided a futuristic backdrop to the hypnotic dance.

The show finished with Constant Speed, a colourful and energetic display of dancers in a rainbow of costumes, representing molecules fizzing around the stage.

London Musici orchestra provided an interesting score for the piece that ranged from fanfare to classical arrangements.

The frequent intervals left the dancers time to recover and gave the audience space to contemplate the expressive dance and interpret the individual stories.