Motionhouse are creating a specially-commissioned performance to celebrate the launch of Spiceal Street at Bullring Birmingham a new dining destination at the heart of the city. The stunning spectacle will see six Motionhouse dancers dancing with three JCB diggers. Motionhouse created Waiting Game for Bullring earlier in the year and are producing a new Machine…
Three organisations from the West Midlands received grants fromThe BBC Performing Arts Fund. Central Youth Theatre, Fanga Drum n Dance, and Rainbow Sunshine Company all received grants of up to 5,000. Overall, the fundhas awarded over 172,000 to dance groups across the UK through its Community Dance scheme.Grants of up to 5,000 have been awarded…
Choreographer Rosie Kay is on the panel for a special live debate on the future of dance. The debate organised bytheartsdeskand the national dance lobby organisation Dance UK will be held onFriday, 4 November at 1.15pmat The Riflemaker Gallery in Soho as well as beingavailableto watch online ontheartsdesk.com. As great changes happen in the British…
ACE Dance and Music dancer Letty has written a blog post about the new challenges shes experienced since joining the company. Heres an extract: From the get-go, we dived straight into the creation process, beginning our journey learning the exciting movement style ofAkiko Kitamura, our choreographer. Just watching her dance is inspirational. For me its…
Autumn Glory is the new show from Birmingham Royal Ballets. Heres what to expect: Ninette de Valois choreography for Checkmate is a dramatic and stylised war of lust, trickery and betrayal. A gallant Red Knight, devoted to his king, is seduced and destroyed by the ruthless Black Queen in de Valois allegorical story of a…
Dance Transformations is a two-year inclusive artist-led development programmefor emerging dance artists to explore choreographic ideas. The symposiumatCoventry University on Wednesday 19th October 2011 is an opportunity for dance artists, teachers, researchers, project managers and arts leaders to come together to find out more about the unique approach and processes of the Dance Transformations programme…
London 2012 has announced aonce in a lifetimeopportunity to be part of one of the largest events ever staged in the UK, performing in front ofa live audience of 70,000 and a broadcast audience of more than one billion people. Artistic Directors, Danny Boyle and Kim Gavin are searching for 10,000 volunteer performers to fill…
Breathe the Beat is a new digital dance project that gives you the chance to showcase your skills online for the world to see as part of Dancing for the Games. Renowned international hip-hop artist Salah presents a series of videos showing you how to take inspiration from your every day surroundings and create routines…