Our Festival may be entering its final 24 hours, but the IDFB (link to IDFB site) team is still very much on the go and gearing up for a big finale this Saturday with Put Your Foot Down! (link to PYFD page on IDFB site) and Deborah Colker’s Cruel (link to Cruel page on IDFB site).
So what have we got in store for you on 15 May then? Well, between midday and 6pm, we’ve got an array of free performances lined up on our main stage in St Martin’s Square including:
VOCAB Dance Company (link to VOCAB site) performing Kwenda-Kwenda
Musical Dance performance by class participants from DanceXchange (link to dx site)
Beingfrank Youth (link to being frank website) performing Deja Vu
Hina & Co (link to hina and co website) Bollywood Bhangra Performance
Guest Performance by Making Choreographers (link to dx page about Making Choreographers) students (Telford Culture Zone & DanceXchange)
Club Jazz performance by class participants from DanceXchange
IDFB Dance Challenge (link to Dance Challenge page on IDFB site) Showcase featuring Jodie Schofield from Smooth Radio
SteadiFlux performing BodyRock
Performance by Hereford-based 2Faced Dance Company (link to 2Faced site)
ACE Youth (link to ACE Youth site) performing Artificial Intelligence
Dance into Fitness demonstration by class participants from DanceXchange
Guest Performance by Centre for Advanced Training in Contemporary and South Asian Dance (link to dx site) students from DanceXchange
Capoeira demonstration by class participants from DanceXchange
IDFB Dance Challenge Showcase featuring Louisa James from ITV Central
Tap Dance performance by Advanced Tap class participants from DanceXchange
Guest Performance by High Achievers from DanceXchange’s Buzz! project
DanceXchange Class Programme (links to classes intro page on dx site) Showcase
IDFB Dance Challenge Showcase featuring Satnam Rana from BBC WM
Plus, DJ Moyma (does he have a site to link to?) will be providing some quality tunes throughout the afternoon. Presenters are Smooth Radio’s Tammy Gooding, BBC WM’s Satnam Rana and David Massingham, IDFB’s Co-Director.
Then, it’s the bit you’ve all been waiting for – the Put Your Foot Down Mass Dance with hip hop sensation Salah between 6pm and 6.30pm. We’re expecting hundreds of people dancing the same street/hip hop dance routine (choreographed by Salah) at the same time, so don’t miss it! Check out a sneak preview of the routine here:
Can we embed video of routine – the one where he performs it in full, not demo
Want to join in? There’s still time! Come along tomorrow afternoon and follow the on stage demos (12.30pm-12.45pm, 2.35pm-2.50pm, 4.35pm-4.50pm), or take part in classes outside Debenhams in Bullring at the following times: 12.15pm // 1.15pm // 2.15pm // 3.15pm // 4.15pm
(Pic of a PYFD session from Bullring)
And, for our final theatre show of 2010, we welcome renowned Brazilian company Companhia de Dança Deborah Colker with Cruel (link to IDFB page), 8pm at Birmingham Hippodrome. The performance explores the many forms cruelty can take in a relationship. For tickets, book online (link to Hippodrome booking page http://www.birminghamhippodrometickets.com/tickets/production.aspx?pid=11397) or call 0844 338 5000 or buy on the door.
Our Festival may be entering its final 24 hours, but the IDFB team is still very much on the go and gearing up for a big finale this Saturday with Put Your Foot Down! and Deborah Colker’s Cruel.
So what have we got in store for you on 15 May then? Well, between midday and 6pm, we’ve got an array of free performances lined up on our main stage in St Martin’s Square including:
IDFB Dance Challenge Showcase featuring Satnam Rana from BBC WM
Plus, DJ Moyma will be providing some quality tunes throughout the afternoon. Presenters are Smooth Radio’s Tammy Gooding, BBC WM’s Satnam Rana and David Massingham, IDFB’s Co-Director.
Then, it’s the bit you’ve all been waiting for – the Put Your Foot Down Mass Dance with hip hop sensation Salah between 6pm and 6.30pm. We’re expecting hundreds of people dancing the same street/hip hop dance routine (choreographed by Salah) at the same time, so don’t miss it! Check out a sneak preview of the routine here.
Want to join in? There’s still time! Come along tomorrow afternoon and follow the on stage demos (12.30pm-12.45pm, 2.35pm-2.50pm, 4.35pm-4.50pm), or take part in classes outside Debenhams in Bullring at the following times: 12.15pm // 1.15pm // 2.15pm // 3.15pm // 4.15pm
And, for our final theatre show of 2010, we welcome renowned Brazilian company Companhia de Dança Deborah Colker with Cruel, 8pm at Birmingham Hippodrome. The performance explores the many forms cruelty can take in a relationship. For tickets, book online or call 0844 338 5000 or buy on the door.
Last night International Dance Festival Birmingham’s funders, sponsors, organisers and friends came together for the festival’s official unveiling.
After a joint performance by 2FaCeD DaNcE Company, Rosie Kay Dance Company and cossack dancer Bruce Tetlow, festival co-directors David Massingham (DanceXchange) and Stuart Griffiths (Birmingham Hippodrome) took to the stage to welcome everybody and announce a phenomenal line-up of international talent.
The launch pack handed out to guests has details of the festival programme and can be downloaded below, along with a press release from festival sponsor Brewin Dolphin (right-click and save as on the following links):
There are more photos and some video from the evening, which we’ll post here when we receive them. In the meantime, last night’s event left those who attended in no doubt that International Dance Festival Birmingham 2010 will be something exceptional.
International Dance Festival Birmingham 2010 is produced by DanceXchange and Birmingham Hippodrome, and funded by Advantage West Midlands, Arts Council England West Midlands, and Birmingham City Council. It is also sponsored by Brewin Dolphin, has a Media Partner (BBC WM) and Accommodation Partner (Crowne Plaza Birmingham City Centre), and is part of the West Midlands’ Culture Programme for 2012.
In the picture above:
Back row, L-R: Chris Linda (Rosie Kay Dance Company), Mathew Chambers (2FaCeD DaNcE Company), Johnny Autin (2FaCeD DaNcE Company), Stuart Griffiths (Co-Director IDFB), John Driver (Divisional Director, Brewin Dolphin), David Massingham (Co-Director IDFB), Tamsin Fitzgerald (Artistic Director, 2FaCeD DaNcE Company), and Rosie Kay (Director, Rosie Kay Dance Company)
Front row, L-R: Robby Graham (2FaCeD DaNcE company), Tilly Webber (Rosie Kay Dance Company), Bruce Tetlow, Nathan French (2FaCeD DaNcE Company)
Award-winning hip hop dance artist Kashmir Leese thinks streetdance classes are teaching the wrong thing, doesn’t like Diversity and wishes more people knew their krumping from their wacking.
Kashmir Leese took a starring roll in ‘Watch This Space‘ at 2008’s International Dance Festival Birmingham. As a member of 2FaCeD Dance Company, he was the body-popping dancer who drew some of the loudest cheers when he stepped up for his solos.
Since the last festival Kashmir has carried on refining his moves, picked up awards and strengthened his reputation.
