April was a busy month by the looks of things. The 4am Project took the opportunity of the fourth day of the fourth month to take an early morning photowalk, there was a look at what could be expected from the MAC reopening, International Dance Festival Birmingham got into gear and all sorts of events popped up … [Read more…]
We’re taking a bit of a break here but CiB will return in the new year. In the meantime, I’ll be posting a few ‘year in review’ things to remind you that 2010 was alright really, and that all the talk of (and worrying over) money over recent months shouldn’t detract from some great art, … [Read more…]
International Dance Festival Birmingham 2010 was a big thing that happened in April/May. The showreel collects together lots of the best bits: My fave bit is at 4m 24s.
Read down – there’s a competition for free tickets later on in this post. I’m conscious that I’ve not mentioned International Dance Festival Birmingham so much on here over the past month. Partly that’s because I’ve been busy working on it and going to just about every event that I could. There’s only a couple … [Read more…]
At 6.30pm today I’m running a liveblog for International Dance Festival Birmingham at a debate that will look at the future of public investment in the arts. The Hippodrome are hosting and these are the panelists: Ed Vaizey (Conservative) Siôn Simon (Labour) Lord Clement-Jones (Lib Dem) Marc Reeves (TheBusinessDesk.com) Journalist, broadcaster and author, Rosie Millard … [Read more…]
International Dance Festival Birmingham kicks off on 19 April and runs through to 15 May. At this point I should chuck in a disclaimer that I’ve been working with the festival’s organisers for a year or so on how they approach things online. However, that does mean that I’ve got a bit of a clue … [Read more…]
I’ve not talked about the shop very much which seems a bit remiss of me. As well as lots of things to spend your money on we’ve been using the space for other things. We had Flatpack in last week – they gave out brochures and also installed David Hurley‘s installation ‘A Thought. An Afterthought‘. … [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…]