Tom Rogers is a something of a rarity in the Birmingham Royal Ballet. He was born and brought up in Birmingham and later returned to his hometown to dance in the world-class company. Now, as First Artist in the company, he will be dancing the Prince in this year’s festive favourite The Nutcracker, opening on Friday [...]
Broadway Dance Centre is based in Perry Barr in Birmingham and is an established dance school that teaches all levels of dance, from beginners to experienced dancers.
They hold a host of events including classes, workshops, shows, and competitions. For more information, go to the Broadway Dance Centre website here.
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A bumper crop of jobs this week.
First up, DanceXchange are looking for a dance artist and a filmmaker to deliver a strand of its Buzz! programme that will engage young people affected by mental health issues and lead to the production of a new work of screen dance.
For a full brief and application form, please visit the Jobs page of http://www.dancexchange.org Any queries should go to Kate DeRight, at kate.deright@dancexchange.org.uk or on 0121 689 3173. The closing date for applications is noon on Monday 8th March 2010.
Eleswhere, FRONTLINEdance are seeking up to four workshop assistants for four integrated dance after-school clubs. tHIS DEADLINE IS wednesday 10th Feburary, so you’ll have to get your skates on to apply. For more information, check out the Arts Jobs website here or contact Rachael Lines on rachael@frontlinedance.org.uk.
Meanwhile, the re-opening mac have a host of jobs on offer. Here’s a description of the artist tutor roles available:
Embracing a broad spectrum of creative disciplines, we need artist tutors who can deliver in a broad range of areas: performance arts including dance, drama, music; movement and yoga classes; practical applied areas such as jewellery, ceramics, sculpture, textiles, drawing and painting; digital media including music technology, digital photography and animation.
And finally, Full Potential Arts have a position available for an experienced community drama/dance facilitator to work in the mental health area. To apply, contact development officer Kerry Thomas, on 0121 446 6829 or email your CV, covering letter with relevant experience and an idea of the work you might carry out to kerry_artfull@btconnect.com.
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Here’s a sneaky peak of Birmingham Royal Ballet director David Bintley’s version of Aladdin, which is gearing up for its first UK performance at the Symphony Hall.
And here’s a bit of background:
Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Director David Bintley created a new version of Aladdin for the National Theatre of Japan in 2008.
Birmingham Royal Ballet perform an excerpt from the piece this month at the 2010 Evening of Music and Dance at Symphony Hall. This is the first time that the work will be seen in the UK.
Here you can see David teaching part of the excerpt to dancers Momoko Hirata and Alexander Campbell.
Many thanks to Rob Lindsay at Birmingham Royal Ballet for this. For more information on the 2010 Evening of Music and Dance, please visit the Symphony Hall website.
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British Dance Edition has unveiled a Media section on its website where photos and videos taken over the course of BDE will appear. The first batch of photos, including the one on this post, are by Ed Moore.
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Birmingham Royal Ballet are offering a free choreographics presentation with a drinks reception and an introduction by company director David Bintley, fresh from his South Bank Show Awards success with E=mc2.
It’s on Thursday 11 February at 7.30pm at Elmhurst School for Dance. Tickets are limited to two per person and seats will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis, so you’ll have to move fast to grab a place. You can get your tickets here.
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Rosetta Life, who were commissioned as part of People Dancing with their Moving into being project, is delivering a one day conference in Birmingham on 29 March 2010 aimed at addressing how the performing arts and healthcare can work together. Here’s what Rosetta Life has to say about it:
Taking risks and pushing boundaries; delivering excellence and professionalism in arts in healthcare.
Focussing on service delivery for the most vulnerable and frail in our communities, this conference will address how the performing arts and healthcare can work together to offer sustainable community led practices.
Sharing innovation for performance and new media arts in health care and best practice for health care service users.
The event will be in central Birmingham, five minutes from New Street Station. Places can be booked by emailing bookings@rosettalive.org. Here’s some more detail:
Registration
Standard Rate: £70 per person
Multi-delegate rate: £60 per person
Student/unemployed rate: £40 per personRegistration covers
Attendance at the conference 9.30 – 5.00
Lunch and three coffee breaks
Conference pack with speakers’ slides and notes
Post-conference digital version of presentations
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Let’s Dance with the Department of Health’s Change4Life scheme has just launched a competition with Britain’s Got Talent winners Diversity and will soon be offering free dance classes.
Let’s DANCE with Change4Life is a great opportunity for all partners to work together towards achieving an active nation. It will comprise of an open weekend of dance based activities on 6/7 March 2010.
There are some dance steps and games to play on the Let’s Dance website and there’s a Let’s Dance Youtube Channel with videos from Diversity to check out too.
Also, If you would like to offer two hours of free dance classes as part of the programme on the 6th and 7th March, please contact letsdance@fia.org.uk with a contact name, email address and phone number for more information.
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Six new People Dancing projects have been commissioned to take place across the region over the next three years as part of the West Midlands Culture Programme for London 2012. Here’s my best shot at explaining them all.
Arts Alive’s ‘SHIFT!’ has been commissioned as a series of performances and workshops across rural Shropshire, while Dancefest’s ‘12’ is a Worcestershire-based dance project that builds from grassroots level to a high profile site-specific video performance with opportunities for mass participation.
Mercurial Dance’s ‘The Bubble Chamber’ is a programme of dance and technology activity in ‘void’ shop spaces created with young people aged 14–19. ‘In the Further Soil’ is a sampad project to connect contemporary British Asian dance forms with artists from the UK and India.
Community Vibe’s ‘Fit and Funky’ will work with Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and the local community to create a piece of dance theatre which explores the modern misconceptions of mental health.
And finally, Dudley Performing Arts’ ‘Making Links’ is inspired by the chain-making heritage of the Black Country. This dance programme will link unique Black Country stories in site-specific and large-scale performance venues.
Phew.
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Breakdancers from overseas and across the UK will be converging on Smethwick’s CAP Centre for Breakfest. Here’s the flyer:
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