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.
The route will take in Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Brewood before returning through Wolverhampton finishing back in Birmingham on 8 May.
United Colours of Dance, Monday 19 April (various locations)
Billed as ‘an extravaganza of folk dance coming to a town near you!’ Performances and workshops will be taking place around the West Midlands featuring dance from Russia, India, Spain and Africa:
Ed Vaizey and Sion Simon will be amongst the panelists discussing the future of public investment in the creative industries.
Waves, Thursday 22 April – Wednesday 5 May, outside Birmingham Hippodrome
A kinetic light installation that you can come and play with when the sun goes down. There’s a video of it in action here to give you an idea of what’s involved.
Take a break from work and enjoy 40 minutes of mental and physical tranquillity using a series of slow, controlled movements, building up strength, balance, posture and calm. This will led by Sifu Yan Long Jiang (assisted by James Lanyon).
Dancing Under Crossfire, Thursday 29 April 6pm-6.20pm (Birmingham Hippodrome, Pinsent Masons Suite)
This film portrays the birth of the dance group Iraqi Bodies and its humanistic ambitions in times of war and sectarian strife.
UTOPIA, Saturday 1 May – Monday 3 May (Victoria Square)
This is a big one. Directed by Arthur Pita and described as “a global multi-stage dance spectacular”, contemporary dancers will form a brand new dance company collective alongside Russian, Spanish, Indian and African folk dance groups, all moving to the turbo-folk Gypsy and Balkan beats of Birmingham’s very own band The Destroyers.
There’ll be five chances to catch it so make sure you do!
Celebrating the last day of IDFB 2010 and bringing the iconic Bullring to life with a hip hop groove, enjoy this afternoon of free performances and dance demos and watch hundreds of people take part in a mass synchronised hip hop/street dance routine lead by acclaimed French hip-hop artist Salah.
