If you havent seen it yet, over on the International Dance Festival website theres an interview with director of DanceXchange and co-director of the festival David Massingham. With titbits from the 2010 festival revealed and talk of Birmingham becoming a national centre for dance, its worth having a read. Heres a snippet to tempt you:…
Birmingham Royal Ballet will be performing their Christmas favourite -The Nutcracker in their hometown (exclusively) from Friday 27 November to Sunday 13 December. To add to the spirit of festive cheer, the company are looking for choirs to perform in the foyer of the Hippodrome before each performance. They need eight choirs in all, who…
Balbir Singh believes hes doing something completely unique in choreography a common hope among choreographers I imagine. But not many are focusing so specifically on bringing together two seemingly opposing dance styles: Kathak and Contemporary dance. So it might be safe to say Balbir is right. His new works performed by the Balbir Singh Dance…
We received an email from Rochelle Robertson about, dance leader of Creating Real Change, which told us of their plans to create a master classes in hip hop and streetdance for local communities. Creating Real Change have been meeting up for five years now, performing across the UK but have struggled to obtain funding to…
Weve just been told by contemporary dance teacher Maria Blundell-Palethorpe (currently teaching at DanceXchange) some new classes have started up at the Sticky Toffee Studio. Contemporary classes will run on Fridays 6.30-9pm for ages 16+. The class is for improvers/advanced and costs 8. The studios are located on Lionel Street, Snowhill, Birmingham. The class will…
Tonight is the launch of the first Youth Dance Network meeting for the Shropshire and Telford area for anyone involved in youth dance. The meeting is free and runs from 4-6pm at Theatre Severn, after which therell be a time for sharing and netwroking with other teachers, dance practitioners and artists.Whats more, attendees can also…
How many men in their thirties would want to try contemporary dance classes? Hannah Waldram talks to Patrick Robinson about football, sweat, and dance. If you are a thirty-something male, chances are youre not exactly thrilled at the idea of starting dance classes. Even more less enthused by dance classes in an abstract arts form,…
Charity Haflas are rife this autumn we already know about two taking place in the West Midlands. Here comes another night of belly dancing, bazaar shopping and raising money this time for Heart UK. The event will be on October 17 at Rhodia Rec Club, Station Road, Langley, Oldbury, West Mids (take note the venue…
When two members of Vincent Dance Theatre walk onto the stage at the beginning of their performance and say slowly No more dancing, you think they are joking. They are not. What proceeds is at best an insight into the motivations people need to keep on going, and at worst an assault on the audiences…