Dancing for the Games

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 [...]

Breathe the Beat are looking for a wide range of high quality dance performers and groups of any style, from hip-hop to Bhangra to perform at Breathe the Beat roadshows, solos, duets or group pieces. Roadshows will be happening during the Leamington Peace Festival on Saturday 16th June and in [...]

Have you got 60 seconds? That’s all you need to be part of Encompass, a digital dance performance as part of Dancing for the Games. Just go to the Encompass website and create a short dance video that will be projected as part of a moving collage at the live [...]

Highly Sprung Performance Co. are bringing Believe to The City of Coventry Stadium on 2nd May 2012 at 6pm. Believe is an evening of colour, carnival-inspired costume, storytelling, new high-energy dance and inspiring talent. As part of the Cultural Olympiad in the West Midlands Believe brings together 450 children and [...]