It’s already the final week of International Dance Festival Birmingham. Time has flown but there’s still loads to see and do. Here’s what’s happening this week (10-15 May).
On Tuesday and Wednesday, the Birmingham-born, former-Riverdance star, Colin Dunne is performing his Laurence Olivier Award-nominated solo show, Out of Time at the Patrick Centre. You’ll see Irish step dancing investigated whilst being seamlessly integrated with text, archive film and sound design.
Thursday brings New York’s Thresh Dance Company’s The Absent Lover, a modern interpretation of a classic 5th century Sanskrit play by famous Indian dramatist, Kalidasa, at The Patrick Centre.
Xavier Le Roy’s Self Unfinished is at Ikon Eastside on Thursday and Friday. The performance is set on a white stage resembling a research lab, in which Xavier gradually transforms into different kinds of creatures.
Friday’s a busy day for dance: as well as a second chance to catch Self Unfinished, acclaimed couple Abhimanyu Lal and Vidha will perform Kathak Duet at The Patrick Centre.
On Friday and Saturday, Companhia de Dança Deborah Colker will perform Cruel, which explores the many different forms that cruelty can take in a relationship and features athletic dancers, knives, spinning mirrors and an enormous globe-shaped chandelier.
There’s also the chance to watch an open rehearsal of this show on Saturday from 4.30-6pm.
Put Your Foot Down
International Dance Festival Birmingham comes to a spectacular end on Saturday with Put Your Foot Down in St Martin’s Square in the Bullring. IDFB 2010 will be bringing the Bullring to life with help from French hip hop artist Salah. There will be free performances and dance demos, finishing in a mass synchronised hip hop/street dance routine.
If you want to learn the routine and join in the fun, there are a series of classes being held to teach you the moves.
