Dancing for the Games

The Olympic Torch will be weaving its way around the West Midlands on 30 June, and there are a host of events and activities to greet it on its journey. The arrival of the Flame will start the Armed Forces Day celebrations at the National Memorial Arboretum and then make [...]

On 21 – 24 June, dancers and aerialists will join forces with a huge amateur choir, live musicians and over 140 local dance performers to transform Birmingham’s Victoria Square for The Voyage. “An enormous ship sails into the centre of Victoria Square, Birmingham, docking itself beside the city’s Town Hall. [...]

Boys Dancing are preparing to bring energy, inventiveness and skills to Warwick Arts Centre. On Friday 29 June at 7.30pm,  boys from Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire will take to the stage for the final live show of three year project, Boys Dancing. Tickets are £4 and more [...]

Birmingham and Coventry’s Live Sites will be the places to get together to watch dance as well as live coverage of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Live Sites will follow the journey of the Olympic Torch, which will visit Birmingham on 30 June, departing at 6.30am on [...]

Sampad has brought together 240 dancers from across the region for Moving Earth, a visually-striking performance that captures the spirit and energy of the natural elements: space, air, fire, water and earth. With direction from internationally-renowned dancer Santosh Kumar Nair, the groups represent a dazzling array of styles including Bollywood, bhangra, [...]

Quickstep to the Games is a big band ballroom and modern sequence dance on 14 June that will mark one month to go until the start of London 2012. As part of Stoke-on-Trent’s World of Dance project, which has got over 9,000 people dancing over the last two years, everyone will be invited to grab a dance partner [...]

The year’s hottest Asian dance competition, Desi Moves, hits Town Hall, Birmingham on Friday 18th May. Punch in partnership with International Dance Festival Birmingham (IDFB) presents Desi Moves, where celebrity judges Foji, top Bollywood choreographer Honey, and local street dance champion Toffee will be deciding the ‘Best Desi Mover(s)’ of 2012 and win [...]

Celebrated Australian artist Shaun Parker created Spill specifically for parks in the West Midlands, aiming to take dance to the heart of the region’s communities. There are lots of opportunities for you and your family to see this exciting event right across the West Midlands. Here are the upcoming performances of [...]

The Get Dancing Festival is a spectacular daylong event in the beautiful grounds of Stafford Castle to mark the end of Staffordshire’s first ever county-wide dance programme. The free event on Sunday 1 July, 2-8pm will feature a Breathe the Beat Roadshow as well as live performances from Retina Dance [...]