Dancing for the Games

You can now watch the complete 30-minute film of all 10 dances from Spill – A Playground of Dance on The Space. The film captures the show by DanceXchange and choreographed by Shaun Parker, which has been touring playgrounds across the West Midlands and beyond. “Combining quirky, dynamic dance with [...]

Here is a great video of Freefall Dance Company performing before their appearance at We Dance – a festival of dance. The We Dance Festival was run by Mencap to involve people with a learning disability in the Cultural Olympiad. This film is part of the Dance for Camera films, [...]

The Lawk Naach finale event brought over 2,000 people from across the West Midlands to dance together with the Dance Sansaar performers. Having engaged well over 24,000 people directly in dance discovery workshops, the Lawk Naach project has enabled people from all backgrounds to access Punjabi culture through Bhangra and [...]

TooMortal is a new work by Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company which will be performed in a free event at St Swithun’s Church, Worcester on 19-21 July, as part of a tour that takes in Venice, London and Stockholm. Dancefest, the dance development organisation for Herefordshire and Worcestershire, has been chosen to host a performance [...]

Mandala is a bold new collaboration that will see Birmingham Town Hall and Nottingham Council House spectacularly illuminated in a mind-bending illusion of colour and light, fusing live 3D projections with international and British Asian music and dance. Mandala will be at Birmingham Town Hall on Friday 7 September and [...]

Encompass 360 Digital Dance has been inspired by the legacy and spirit of Much Wenlock, the birthplace of the modern Olympics, to get schools and community groups across Shropshire dancing. From the latest hip-hop to Ceroc, from Salsa to classical Greek dance, from Kathak to Ballroom, every style has been [...]

We Dance is one of Dancing for the Games’ most exciting and uplifting projects culminates in a mini festival on the weekend of 14 and 15 July at mac. Mencap, Birmingham Royal Ballet, mac birmingham, Fox Hollies school and performing arts college and Midland Mencap have combined forces to present [...]