Dance with us

The Festival is not just about the fabulous line up of performances we’ve programmed, but it’s also about giving people of all ages, dance abilities and interests to join in the fun at a town or city centre near you. Have a look at the Take Part section of our website and see what kinds of opportunities there are to get involved.

Whether you’re looking for tango, flamenco, folk, hip hop or something fun for the kids to do, do keep checking back for regular updates – we’ve got an array of workshops as well as education and outreach programmes to get you dancing.

Take Part on the IDFB Website
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First lessons – the aftermath

Now they’ve been to their first class, our IDFB Dance Challenge stars share their thoughts on how they got on:

*Fionnuala Bourke – Club Jazz*

*Paul Sargent – Tap*

*Keith Gabriel – Contemporary*

*Jodie Schofield – Musical Dance*

*Louisa James – Ballet*

*Kate Lawler – Capoeira*

*Satnam Rana – Hip Hop*

And so… they came, they danced, but will they conquer the dance floor next week? You can follow what happens to all our Dance Challenge participants here and on Twitter.

Dancing with the stars

The Festival team will be rubbing shoulders with a few celebs between now and April thanks to the IDFB Dance Challenge. And some of us have already been class buddies to a couple of participants to ease their way into the lessons. Just take a look at the screen grabs below: two of our team members have given Birmingham Mail’s Fionnuala Bourke some moral support at her first ever Club Jazz class.

Tap dancing hopeful Paul Sargent (from Brewin Dolphin) also started his lesson this week and really got into the whole spirit of things. Jodie Schofield from Smooth radio took part in her first Musical Dance class too. Looks like she’s having a lot of fun already.
Jodie Schofield at Musical Dance