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 [...]
Birmingham dance groups will be taking to the stage at Town Hall, Victoria Square on Sunday 7 March, for sampad’s Asian Spring, featuring the very best in home-grown talent and youth dance groups, as sampad celebrates its 20th anniversary of supporting Asian arts.
The showcase will feature traditional Kathak, Bharatanatyam and Punjabi folk dance alongside Bollywood, contemporary and hip hop groups, with performers including Atreyee Dance Group, Bengali Association Midlands; Bollywood Dreams Dance; Bollywood Academy; Chitraleka Dance Company; Diverse Dance Company; Hina Dancers; Ram Mandir; Giddha Sansaar; Sonia Sabri’s Kathakaars; Subhash Gorania and Jyoti Parwana and Sublime hip hop group.
The event starts at 4pm. Tickets are £7, with concessions available at £5. For more information contact the THSH Box Office on 0121 780 333 or book online at www.thsh.co.uk.
We want to develop sound skills that are transferable and adaptable. We want this dance project to engage children in curriculum learning not just in dance.
We would hope that, by bringing together a dancer and a musician who draw their inspiration from two different cultural backgrounds (one of which could be British), our children will be able to take part in a project that will produce unique work which crosses cultural boundaries.
For a copy of the full brief please email Creative Agent, Kate Buttolph on play.on@ukonline.co.uk before 8 March.
And finally, Clifford Primary School in Herefordshire are looking for a creative partner who can interact and help the school’s ‘Life Beyond Clifford’ topic. The creative partner could be from a variety of disciplines including photographer, musician or dancer.
Aimee Louise School of Dance is based in Coventry and has over 75 dedicated pupils who attend classes in ballet, tap, modern jazz, street jazz and acro. There are classes five times a week to meet everyone’s needs, age or ability.
Here are a few of words from Aimee:
With all the pupils hard work, fun and dedication and hopefully my knowledge and experience, I hope I can help them to become the dancer that they would like to be. Not only will they be involved in class work but hopefully different areas of dance including a dance school show where family and friends can see how far they have come and also be awarded for their hard work in examinations.
Each year, the school holds a dance show and a fund raising event, and this year the pupils will be attending their first dance festival, the West Midlands Dance Festival, which will be held at Hill Wood School in Coventry.
The second Telford Dance Festival is under way this week and welcomes groups from Telford & Wrekin and Shropshire. The festival is an event for all the family to see high quality dance performed by local young people, regional groups and professional companies.
Each evening will present dynamic,exciting performances that capture all that is naturally powerful about dance as an artform. We will see innovative movement, interpretation and choreography presented by vibrant performers who will bring their passion for dance to the stage in spectacular style.
The remaining evening showtimes are Wednesday 10th, Thursday 11th, and Friday 12th February at 7.30pm, and there’s a Dansense production on Saturday 13th February 2-6pm at Oakengates Theatre @ The Place.
All tickets are £5 (£4 concessions) and are available from the Box Office on 01952 382382.
Spirit Salsa offer classes for all levels, couples classes and can even provide corporate packages for anyone interested in arranging a dance-based team-building day.
A day out learning a skill like dance is great to establish a unity between people who work together. Fun activities done outside of work really improves morale in the workforce and connect people better on a social level. This makes for better working relationships.
Spirit Salsa currently offers Cuban-style salsa classes on Mondays at The Bear Tavern Pub in Bearwood and on Sundays at Nicole’s Bar in the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham. For more information on classes, visit the Spirit Salsa website here.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
