Photo: Martin O'Connell
Four dancers will launch International Dance Festival Birmingham (IDFB) from the top of a canal boat on Monday 19 April for Dancing the Waterways. They’ll be setting off from Brindleyplace to travel the region’s waterways, delivering dance performances and workshops as they go.
The dancers will perform a farewell performance by Australian-born choreographer Paul Gazzola who works with Lone Twin Theatre, as they set off on the Birmingham Canal Main Line. The journey will take them through Wolverhampton to Brewood in Staffordshire, before turning back to return to Birmingham on Saturday 8 May.
On Saturday 24 April, the boat will pass through the famous 21 locks of Wolverhampton, and families are invited to come and cheer the boat along as it makes its mammoth descent. There will also be extra activities, treasure trails, and performances as IDFB heads out from Birmingham into the wider region.
