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Birmingham Hippodrome
The Patrick Centre, Birmingham Hippodrome
Spiceal Street, Bullring
Town Hall
Victoria Square, Birmingham city centre
DanceXchange Studios
Venue: IMI Studio Birmingham Hippodrome
The Friends Institute
Birmingham City Centre
Bullring, High Street & New Street
Cannon Hill Park
Electric Cinema
Home Hub
mac birmingham
The Crescent Theatre
The Spotted Dog
Warwick Arts Centre
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Artifact

Artifact

Royal Ballet Flanders (Belgium)

Birmingham Hippodrome ( 7:30pm )

In 1984, after becoming Director of the Frankfurt Ballet, William Forsythe created Artifact and...

 
Artifact

Artifact

Royal Ballet Flanders (Belgium)

Birmingham Hippodrome ( 7:30pm )

In 1984, after becoming Director of the Frankfurt Ballet, William Forsythe created Artifact and...

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Collision Course

Collision Course

Birmingham Hippodrome ( 8:30pm )

Collision Course is a project conceived, choreographed and co-directed by Garry Stewart and produced...

 
Danza Contemporan...

Danza Contemporanea de Cuba

Dance Consortium

Birmingham Hippodrome ( 7:30pm )

Sensual, intense, dynamic, and ‘one of the most exciting companies in the world today’ according...

Collision Course

Collision Course

Birmingham Hippodrome ( 8:30pm )

Collision Course is a project conceived, choreographed and co-directed by Garry Stewart and produced...

 
Danza Contemporan...

Danza Contemporanea de Cuba

Dance Consortium

Birmingham Hippodrome ( 7:30pm )

Sensual, intense, dynamic, and ‘one of the most exciting companies in the world today’ according...

Collision Course

Collision Course

Birmingham Hippodrome ( 8:30pm )

Collision Course is a project conceived, choreographed and co-directed by Garry Stewart and produced...

 
Collision Course

Collision Course

Birmingham Hippodrome ( 8:30pm )

Collision Course is a project conceived, choreographed and co-directed by Garry Stewart and produced...

 
PUSH
PUSH - Photographer Johan Persson

PUSH

Sylvie Guillem & Russell Maliphant …

Birmingham Hippodrome ( 7:30pm )

Widely regarded as ‘the most brilliant ballerina of her generation’ (The Guardian), the...

Collision Course

Collision Course

Birmingham Hippodrome ( 8:30pm )

Collision Course is a project conceived, choreographed and co-directed by Garry Stewart and produced...

 
PUSH
PUSH - Photographer Johan Persson

PUSH

Sylvie Guillem & Russell Maliphant …

Birmingham Hippodrome ( 7:30pm )

Widely regarded as ‘the most brilliant ballerina of her generation’ (The Guardian), the...

Collision Course

Collision Course

Birmingham Hippodrome ( 8:30pm )

Collision Course is a project conceived, choreographed and co-directed by Garry Stewart and produced...

 
Collision Course

Collision Course

Birmingham Hippodrome ( 8:30pm )

Collision Course is a project conceived, choreographed and co-directed by Garry Stewart and produced...

 
Breakin' Con...
Vaga Bond Crew - Photographer Belinda Lawley

Breakin' Convention

An international festival of hip ho …

Birmingham Hippodrome ( 7:30pm )

The critically acclaimed international festival of hip hop dance theatre is back, with another...

Collision Course

Collision Course

Birmingham Hippodrome ( 8:30pm )

Collision Course is a project conceived, choreographed and co-directed by Garry Stewart and produced...

 
Breakin' Con...
Vaga Bond Crew - Photographer Belinda Lawley

Breakin' Convention

An international festival of hip ho …

Birmingham Hippodrome ( 7:30pm )

The critically acclaimed international festival of hip hop dance theatre is back, with another...

Collision Course

Collision Course

Birmingham Hippodrome ( 8:30pm )

Collision Course is a project conceived, choreographed and co-directed by Garry Stewart and produced...

 
Collision Course

Collision Course

Birmingham Hippodrome ( 8:30pm )

Collision Course is a project conceived, choreographed and co-directed by Garry Stewart and produced...

 
URBAN

URBAN

Circolombia

Birmingham Hippodrome ( 8:00pm )

Circolombia’s highly acclaimed show URBAN will thrill audiences with a unique blend of...

Collision Course

Collision Course

Birmingham Hippodrome ( 8:30pm )

Collision Course is a project conceived, choreographed and co-directed by Garry Stewart and produced...

 
URBAN

URBAN

Circolombia

Birmingham Hippodrome ( 8:00pm )

Circolombia’s highly acclaimed show URBAN will thrill audiences with a unique blend of...

Collision Course

Collision Course

Birmingham Hippodrome ( 8:30pm )

Collision Course is a project conceived, choreographed and co-directed by Garry Stewart and produced...

 
Collision Course

Collision Course

Birmingham Hippodrome ( 8:30pm )

Collision Course is a project conceived, choreographed and co-directed by Garry Stewart and produced...

 
Collision Course

Collision Course

Birmingham Hippodrome ( 8:30pm )

Collision Course is a project conceived, choreographed and co-directed by Garry Stewart and produced...

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Children & A Few Minutes of Lock
Image: Andre Cornellier

Children & A Few Minutes of Lock

Louise Lecavalier (Canada)

The Patrick Centre, Birmingham Hippodrome ( 8:00pm )

Louise Lecavalier is an icon of contemporary dance the world over. As Édouard Lock’s muse in La...

 
Children & A Few Minutes of Lock
Image: Andre Cornellier

Children & A Few Minutes of Lock

Louise Lecavalier (Canada)

The Patrick Centre, Birmingham Hippodrome ( 8:00pm )

Louise Lecavalier is an icon of contemporary dance the world over. As Édouard Lock’s muse in La...

 
 
 
 
 
The Impending Storm

The Impending Storm

David Toole, Lucy Hind and Remix Da …

The Patrick Centre, Birmingham Hippodrome ( 8:00pm )

WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCES

Acclaimed dancer David Toole has collaborated with a team of UK and...

 
The Impending Storm

The Impending Storm

David Toole, Lucy Hind and Remix Da …

The Patrick Centre, Birmingham Hippodrome ( 8:00pm )

WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCES

Acclaimed dancer David Toole has collaborated with a team of UK and...

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Breathe the Beat Roadshow

Breathe the Beat Roadshow

Spiceal Street, Bullring ( 12:00pm )

The new surroundings of the iconic Bullring’s Spiceal Street will be brought to life with this...

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Desi Moves

Desi Moves

Punch in partnership with Internati …

Town Hall ( 6:00pm )

Punch in partnership with IDFB presents 2012’s hottest Asian dance competition, Desi Moves....

 
International Raw Energy
From International Raw Energy IDFB 08

International Raw Energy

A brand new showcase of youth dance …

Town Hall ( 7:30pm )

Following its success in the very first IDFB back in 2008, this year we welcome the return of youth...

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wings Of Desire

Wings Of Desire

Victoria Square, Birmingham city centre ( 9:30pm )

Starring: Goldie // 2Faced Dance Company // CIRCA // seeper

A love story bridging heaven and earth...

 
Wings Of Desire

Wings Of Desire

Victoria Square, Birmingham city centre ( 9:30pm )

Starring: Goldie // 2Faced Dance Company // CIRCA // seeper

A love story bridging heaven and earth...

 
Wings Of Desire

Wings Of Desire

Victoria Square, Birmingham city centre ( 9:30pm )

Starring: Goldie // 2Faced Dance Company // CIRCA // seeper

A love story bridging heaven and earth...

 
Wings Of Desire

Wings Of Desire

Victoria Square, Birmingham city centre ( 9:30pm )

Starring: Goldie // 2Faced Dance Company // CIRCA // seeper

A love story bridging heaven and earth...

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Home

Home

An IDFB 2012 Commission

Birmingham City Centre ( 1:30pm )

Home is a bold, inventive new production that will animate public spaces across Birmingham city...

 
Home

Home

An IDFB 2012 Commission

Birmingham City Centre ( 1:30pm )

Home is a bold, inventive new production that will animate public spaces across Birmingham city...

 
Home

Home

An IDFB 2012 Commission

Birmingham City Centre ( 1:30pm )

Home is a bold, inventive new production that will animate public spaces across Birmingham city...

 
Home

Home

An IDFB 2012 Commission

Birmingham City Centre ( 1:30pm )

Home is a bold, inventive new production that will animate public spaces across Birmingham city...

 
Home

Home

An IDFB 2012 Commission

Birmingham City Centre ( 1:30pm )

Home is a bold, inventive new production that will animate public spaces across Birmingham city...

 
Home

Home

An IDFB 2012 Commission

Birmingham City Centre ( 1:30pm )

Home is a bold, inventive new production that will animate public spaces across Birmingham city...

 
Home

Home

An IDFB 2012 Commission

Birmingham City Centre ( 1:30pm )

Home is a bold, inventive new production that will animate public spaces across Birmingham city...

 
Home

Home

An IDFB 2012 Commission

Birmingham City Centre ( 1:30pm )

Home is a bold, inventive new production that will animate public spaces across Birmingham city...

 
Home

Home

An IDFB 2012 Commission

Birmingham City Centre ( 1:30pm )

Home is a bold, inventive new production that will animate public spaces across Birmingham city...

 
Home

Home

An IDFB 2012 Commission

Birmingham City Centre ( 1:30pm )

Home is a bold, inventive new production that will animate public spaces across Birmingham city...

 
Home

Home

An IDFB 2012 Commission

Birmingham City Centre ( 1:30pm )

Home is a bold, inventive new production that will animate public spaces across Birmingham city...

 
Home

Home

An IDFB 2012 Commission

Birmingham City Centre ( 1:30pm )

Home is a bold, inventive new production that will animate public spaces across Birmingham city...

 
Home

Home

An IDFB 2012 Commission

Birmingham City Centre ( 1:30pm )

Home is a bold, inventive new production that will animate public spaces across Birmingham city...

 
Home

Home

An IDFB 2012 Commission

Birmingham City Centre ( 1:30pm )

Home is a bold, inventive new production that will animate public spaces across Birmingham city...

 
Home

Home

An IDFB 2012 Commission

Birmingham City Centre ( 1:30pm )

Home is a bold, inventive new production that will animate public spaces across Birmingham city...

 
Home

Home

An IDFB 2012 Commission

Birmingham City Centre ( 1:30pm )

Home is a bold, inventive new production that will animate public spaces across Birmingham city...

 
Home

Home

An IDFB 2012 Commission

Birmingham City Centre ( 1:30pm )

Home is a bold, inventive new production that will animate public spaces across Birmingham city...

 
Home

Home

An IDFB 2012 Commission

Birmingham City Centre ( 1:30pm )

Home is a bold, inventive new production that will animate public spaces across Birmingham city...

 
Home

Home

An IDFB 2012 Commission

Birmingham City Centre ( 1:30pm )

Home is a bold, inventive new production that will animate public spaces across Birmingham city...

 
Home

Home

An IDFB 2012 Commission

Birmingham City Centre ( 1:30pm )

Home is a bold, inventive new production that will animate public spaces across Birmingham city...

 
Home

Home

An IDFB 2012 Commission

Birmingham City Centre ( 1:30pm )

Home is a bold, inventive new production that will animate public spaces across Birmingham city...

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Home Grand Finale

Home Grand Finale

Bullring, High Street & New Street ( 1:30pm )

We have received over 2000 contributions for our project Home. Through dance, spoken word, poetry,...

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Family Weekend: Spill - a playground of dance

Family Weekend: Spill - a playground of dance

Shaun Parker (Australia)

Cannon Hill Park ( 12:45pm )

WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCES!

Directed by Australian choreographer Shaun Parker
Original music...

Family Weekend: Spill - a playground of dance

Family Weekend: Spill - a playground of dance

Shaun Parker (Australia)

Cannon Hill Park ( 2:00pm, 4:00pm )

WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCES!

Directed by Australian choreographer Shaun Parker
Original music...

Family Weekend: Spill - a playground of dance

Family Weekend: Spill - a playground of dance

Shaun Parker (Australia)

Cannon Hill Park ( 12:45pm )

WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCES!

Directed by Australian choreographer Shaun Parker
Original music...

Family Weekend: Spill - a playground of dance

Family Weekend: Spill - a playground of dance

Shaun Parker (Australia)

Cannon Hill Park ( 2:00pm, 4:00pm )

WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCES!

Directed by Australian choreographer Shaun Parker
Original music...

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Moulin Rouge (12)

Moulin Rouge (12)

LIGHT FANTASTIC film season

Electric Cinema ( 3:00pm )

Baz Luhrmann’s affinity for MGM musicals was already pretty clear from the first two movies in his...

 
 
 
 
 
Pina (U)

Pina (U)

LIGHT FANTASTIC film season

Electric Cinema ( 6:30pm )

“She was able to see things that nobody saw before, and she
was able to transform what she saw into...

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The FP (18)

The FP (18)

LIGHT FANTASTIC film season

Electric Cinema ( 10:15pm )

UK PREMIERE

“Dance with your mind, not your feet.”

Take equal parts Rocky and The Karate Kid...

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bombay Beach (15)

Bombay Beach (15)

LIGHT FANTASTIC film season

Electric Cinema ( 6:00pm )

“A beautiful, quirky, and ultimately very moving film.” Terry Gilliam

On the shores of a...

 
Wings of Desire (PG)

Wings of Desire (PG)

LIGHT FANTASTIC film season

Electric Cinema ( 2:30pm )

Berlin, 1987. Angels in dark overcoats haunt the city, using buildings as vantage points to observe...

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Man on Wire (12A)

Man on Wire (12A)

LIGHT FANTASTIC film season

mac birmingham ( 6:00pm )

Compelling and at times hard to believe, this thriller of a documentary recounts the day in 1974...

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
West Side Story (PG)

West Side Story (PG)

LIGHT FANTASTIC film season

mac birmingham ( 2:00pm )

Breathtaking, finger-clicking film version of the Bernstein and Sondheim musical about two warring...

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Family Weekend

Family Weekend

International Dance Festival Birmin …

mac birmingham ( 10:00am )

Our Family Weekend is a three day mini-festival where amazing performances combine with interactive...

Family Weekend: C...

Family Weekend: Cu-Cuco

Aracaladanza (Spain)

mac birmingham ( 11:00am, 12:00pm )

UK PREMIERE PERFORMANCES

Spanish contemporary dance company Aracaladanza is renowned for creating...

Family Weekend: Clouds

Family Weekend: Clouds

Aracaladanza (Spain)

mac birmingham ( 3:00pm )

Fantasy, imagination and magic – these are the essential ingredients that make up award winning...

Family Weekend

Family Weekend

International Dance Festival Birmin …

mac birmingham ( 10:00am )

Our Family Weekend is a three day mini-festival where amazing performances combine with interactive...

Family Weekend: C...

Family Weekend: Cu-Cuco

Aracaladanza (Spain)

mac birmingham ( 11:00am, 12:00pm )

UK PREMIERE PERFORMANCES

Spanish contemporary dance company Aracaladanza is renowned for creating...

Fever Chart (15)

Fever Chart (15)

LIGHT FANTASTIC film season

mac birmingham ( 2:00pm )

“Every dance is a kind of fever chart, a graph of the heart.” Martha Graham

This selection of...

Family Weekend: C...

Family Weekend: Clouds

Aracaladanza (Spain)

mac birmingham ( 3:00pm )

Fantasy, imagination and magic – these are the essential ingredients that make up award winning...

Family Weekend: Clouds

Family Weekend: Clouds

Aracaladanza (Spain)

mac birmingham ( 11:00am )

Fantasy, imagination and magic – these are the essential ingredients that make up award winning...

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hit Me With Music (15)

Hit Me With Music (15)

LIGHT FANTASTIC film season

mac birmingham ( 6:15pm )

Although it takes its title from a Bob Marley song, this infectious documentary goes beyond familiar...

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three Short Works
Take Five - Photographer Bill Cooper

Three Short Works

Birmingham Royal Ballet

The Crescent Theatre ( 7:30pm )

INCLUDES WORLD PREMIERE OF NEW COMMISSION!

This breathtaking programme includes the world premiere...

 
Three Short Works
Take Five - Photographer Bill Cooper

Three Short Works

Birmingham Royal Ballet

The Crescent Theatre ( 2:30pm, 7:30pm )

INCLUDES WORLD PREMIERE OF NEW COMMISSION!

This breathtaking programme includes the world premiere...

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Digbeth Shuffle

Digbeth Shuffle

LIGHT FANTASTIC film season

The Spotted Dog ( 6:00pm )

The finale of IDFB 2012 is nearly in sight, and for one night only The Spotted Dog’s marvellous...

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Un peu de tendresse bordel de merde!
Dave St-Pierre

Un peu de tendresse bordel de merde!

Dave St-Pierre Company (Canada)

Warwick Arts Centre ( 7:30pm )

Controversial, emotionally charged and outrageously funny, this is a theatrical experience like no...

 
Un peu de tendresse bordel de merde!
Dave St-Pierre

Un peu de tendresse bordel de merde!

Dave St-Pierre Company (Canada)

Warwick Arts Centre ( 7:30pm )

Controversial, emotionally charged and outrageously funny, this is a theatrical experience like no...

 
Un peu de tendresse bordel de merde!
Dave St-Pierre

Un peu de tendresse bordel de merde!

Dave St-Pierre Company (Canada)

Warwick Arts Centre ( 7:30pm )

Controversial, emotionally charged and outrageously funny, this is a theatrical experience like no...