Dancing for the Games

People with a learning disability in Birmingham have been given the opportunity to take part in a dance project inspired by the London 2012 Games, which will be screened throughout the UK by the BBC. We Dance is a grassroots dance scheme that will see hundreds of people with a learning disability [...]

12 Moves roadshows are visiting Kidderminster, Redditch, Pershore and Malvern on March 10 and 17 to showcase the many different kinds of dance on offer in each town. Local dance groups will perform a host of difference dance styles, creating a series of free performances for the public. Saturday March 10, [...]

If you fancy yourself as a bit of a dancer, or have ever had that urge to start dancing in the street, this is your perfect opportunity. International Dance Festival Birmingham (IDFB 2012) is creating a brand new dance production which will feature 1,000 people from Birmingham, who will surprise [...]

Godiva Awakes is a London 2012-inspired arts projects taking place in the West Midlands. The project will culminate in a spectacular performance involving dancers, actors, aerialists, musicians, pyrotechnicians, carnivalists and 220 young people in a procession from Coventry to London. Godiva is part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad as [...]

Home is the crowd-sourced dance production that will move through the street of Birmingham for International Dance Festival Birmingham 2012 between 23 April – 13 May 2012. The project will be made up of work from around 1000 individuals from across the West Midlands who will contribute towards the final Home performances. This week, [...]

Worcester will come alive with dance on Saturday 24 March 2012 as 12 Moves brings its free spectacular outdoor performance to the Croft Road railway arches with film, dance and live music. Worcester city centre will be animated with dancers throughout the morning, showcasing the best of the city’s talent as [...]

We Dance is an exciting learning disability dance project, presenting regional community dance groups and acclaimed national companies and training new dance leaders to work with people with a learning disability in Birmingham. It will culminate in a 2 day festival at mac on 13 and 14 July 2012 featuring [...]

Highly Sprung have launched their Dancing for the Games project Believe. “The Believe project is a unique community dance project produced by Highly Sprung Performance Co. combining the skills and resources of 6 partners, The City of Coventry Stadium, Vortex Creates, The Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, The Belgrade Theatre, [...]

Lawk Naach is preparing to bring Punjabi dance to 24,000 people from across the Midlands. The project, run by Dance Sansaar, will deliver over 960 dance discovery workshops and 430 performance classes that have already been attended by stars James Corden and One Direction. Lawk Naach will culminate in a [...]