DanceXchange have announced their Autumn 2010 performance season, which starts from 30 September at The Patrick Centre, Birmingham Hippodrome. Thu 30 Sep: The Featherstonehaughs – Edits. This highly anticipated new work translates the convention of film, photography and painting into dance. Fri 1 Oct: The Featherstonehaughs – The Featherstonehaughs draw on the sketchbook of Egon … [Read more…]
During my first stint on Created in Birmingham I had a nagging feeling that there was loads of good dance stuff going on but it was all happening under my radar. I’m pretty much on top of it these days, partly for the reasons given in the disclaimer at the bottom of this post but … [Read more…]
I’m not about to do a full on ‘best of’ thing, but there was plenty of goodness about in 2009: Birmingham Opera Company’s ‘Othello’ Birmingham Royal Ballet’s ‘Quantum Leaps’ ‘Birmingham Seen’ at BMAG Zena Edwards’ ‘Security’ at The Rep Tom Dale Company’s ‘Roam’ at DanceXchange The Event Kindle Theatre’s ‘All You Can Eat’ And plenty … [Read more…]
A video here of ACE Youth performing ‘Ubhuntu Bam’ at DanceXchange‘s Raw Energy 08 from earlier in the year: Meanwhile, a visual from ACE’s production ‘Skin’ has been used for the cover of the Arts Council’s Annual Review 2008:
Digbeth is Good – Sunday Xpress open mic and dangling Quoting the organisers – “open mic session this Sunday at the Adam & Eve, Bradford Street, Digbeth. Free entry, free roast potatoes, free arts & crafts, free junk stall, free entertainment, we’ll even give you some free advice if you ask for it. We are … [Read more…]
As you’ll have guessed from the title, DanceXchange‘s Autumn schedule has been announced. It kicks off on 24 September with Rosie Kay Dance Company’s ‘Double Points: K & Supernova‘ which were featured in the International Dance Festival Birmingham back in May. The rest of the season features: 9 and 10 October, Jasmin Vardimon Company – … [Read more…]
On Thurs 10 July the first screening of Finished With The War will take place as part of New Vibes at the Patrick Centre. New Vibes is DanceXchange‘s annual showcase and Finished With The War is a dance for camera piece that explores the relationship between the First World War and the current war in … [Read more…]