Let's Dance International Frontiers 2017 Brochure

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MAY 2017

box office www.ldif.co.uk 0333 666 3366 #LDIF17

COMING SOON Newarke Houses Museum and Gardens, October 2017

DIRECTOR’S NOTE Welcome to Let’s Dance International Frontiers (LDIF) 2017 as we celebrate seven years of bringing diversity to the forefront in dance. We are delighted to be able to share with you another exciting programme of dance by leading practitioners from around the world. This year we focus on the theme of Identity and Choreographic Practice, with our conference and programme examining how culture and training influence choreographic vocabulary and how identity is revealed in practice.

We are thrilled to host exclusive performances from internationally acclaimed PHILADANCO who will be sharing work from their repertoire, a melt of technique and style. Led by trailblazer Joan Myers Brown, who we are honoured to have as keynote speaker for our conference, Joan has broken down barriers to enable African American dancers to gain access to training and opportunities and was awarded the National Medal of the Arts by President Barack Obama.

Ground breaking performance ensemble Urban Bush Women (UBW) also return to launch LDIF17 for a captivating event in the Ballroom of Mercure Leicester, The Grand Hotel, a special occasion marking International Dance Day, linking Leicester with celebrations taking place around the world. Bringing a mixed bill featuring ‘Walking with ‘Trane, Side B’ a continuation of the work presented last year, inspired by legendary jazz saxophonist John Coltrane, a combination of high energy dance and live music from Grammy Award winning composer George Caldwell. UBW’s founder and visioning partner, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, will also return to lead a two-day intensive course.

In this year’s film programme, in partnership with Phoenix, we will be presenting the beautiful Gurumbé uncovering the hidden contribution of African Andalusians to flamenco.

A half day symposium, Invisible Visibility: Diverse Voices in Inclusive Dance reaches out to disabled dancers from BAME communities, putting forward an agenda for change, inclusion and ultimately visibility within the sector and beyond.

LDIF is a celebration of dance and of Leicester, a programme that is an advocate for diversity in its broadest sense, showcasing and supporting the work of dancers from the emerging to the established. On behalf of Serendipity, I would like to thank all those involved with LDIF17; our artists, funders, partners, volunteers, participants and audiences, for your continued support - Let’s Dance!

Pawlet Brookes, Executive Artistic Director

Other highlights of the LDIF17 programme include Signatures, showcasing some of the best new work from emerging talent.

We also welcome back Jessica Walker and Protocol Dance Company who have been developing new work for Autograph. For Biography we are thrilled to present a new commission by Pauline Mayers.

Cover Image Credit: Courtney Robinson. Photographer Lois Greenfield

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LDIF 2017 LAUNCH

Urban Bush Women Saturday 29 April 7:30pm King’s Ballroom at Mercure Leicester, The Grand Hotel Price: £16 Against the background of Victorian elegance of the King’s Ballroom, join groundbreaking ensemble Urban Bush Women as they present a special mixed bill inspired by jazz greats. Renowned for their breathtaking and innovative work, and led by the founder and visioning partner Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, the company return after their acclaimed performances at last year’s festival to celebrate International Dance Day and launch LDIF17 in style.

Included in the line-up the company will be performing an excerpt from ‘Walking with Trane, Side B’, an extension of work presented at the festival last year. Inspired by the musical life and spiritual journey of John Coltrane, a composer at the forefront of jazz innovation in a racially-charged America of the 50s and 60s and informed by the unpredictability of the bandstand, the “Band State,” the scary, risky place that potentially extends into “transcendence,” this ethereal investigation lives within multiple layers of Coltrane’s music, spirituality and life. Side B: Freed(om) is a free-fall of “states”, exploring the artistic imprint of Coltrane’s seminal work A Love Supreme. A riff on pursuance, and plunging into the depths of Coltrane’s formidable legacy with diagonal pulls, suspended silences, chaotic spirals, and, ultimately, transcendence. The piece is encapsulated by an original masterful composition, played live by Grammy award-winning composer George Caldwell.

Image Credit: Courtney Cook, Urban Bush Women. Photographer Judith Stuart Boroson

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Two Day Course with Jawole Willa Jo Zollar Tuesday 2 May – Wednesday 3 May 9:30am – 5:30pm Curve RR3 Price: £85 Jawole Willa Jo Zollar is the award-winning founder of Urban Bush Women, a contemporary performance ensemble established in 1984 dedicated to exploring the use of cultural expression as a catalyst for social change. In 2006, Jawole was awarded a New York Dance and Performance Award (Bessie) and was awarded the Dance/USA Honor Award in 2016. The company has become renowned around the world for their breathtaking and innovative performances, bringing untold and under-told histories and stories to light through dance.

This two day course is a unique opportunity to spend two days working alongside Jawole and dancers from the company, with a series of practical masterclasses and discussion sessions that provide an insight into Jawole’s creative approach.

The residency will explore UBW’s multi-disciplinary, community-centred approach, weaving dance, improvisation, history and tradition, whilst providing consideration to both creative and cultural concerns. It embraces the idea that each individual has a unique and powerful contribution to make.

Image Credit: Urban Bush Women Workshop. Photographer Olga Galona

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SIGNATURES Thursday 4 May 7:30pm Curve Price: ÂŁ10* Now in its seventh year, Signatures, in partnership with Dance4 is an exciting platform for emerging dancers and choreographers. Those participating have each been selected for the showcase based on the innovative strength of their concepts and the potential to create diverse, engaging work.

Yellow Adriano Bolognino and Rosaria Di Maro Yellow is an inner search, the story of a soul dancing, and a desire to dance without inhibitions and fears. Inspired by a childhood notion that the soul is yellow, the intent is to show humanity through the dancer, and the many stories and emotions of everyday life.

RETALE Elisha Hamilton Dance RETALE is a poetic and moving representation of the everyday. In a time of instability, we collapse and re-adjust as right now we settle for less in this ever changing world. As we enter stages of adulthood, RETALE forms a subtle but serious tone as we explore our stages of adulthood. Commissioned by G4A project Grad-Lab in partnership with Point Eastleigh and University of Chichester.

Papillion Ella Mesma Inspired by a personal exploration of heritage, Papillion examines race and identity. The piece plays with comparisons, the transformation of a caterpillar to the butterfly, to birth and motherhood, and oppression to freedom, heightened by a current world wide issues and an individual journey.

Image Credits: Rosaria Di Maro, Photographer Roberto Rivieccio; Elisha Hamilton Dance, Photographer Nikki Young; Ella Mesma, Photographer Nicola Hunter.

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Sekseneutraal Mac Daniel V. Palima Sekseneutraal is a work which questions the code of gender in movement. Is there a masculine or feminine way of moving? Or is there a bridge in between both genders?

The piece reflects on vulnerability in contrast to the physical strength.

Second Nature Si Rawlinson Second Nature explores the dissonance that those who are not Black can feel in engaging in movements like Black Lives Matter. Three hip hop artists come together, one from Hong Kong, one from the Seychelles, and one from Bulgaria in a mix of break, contemporary and other urban dance styles to explore the awkwardness of finding an authentic and useful voice in the protest against Black oppression.

Call and Response Hayley Young Inspired by L’Aprés-midi d’un Faune, a poem

by French authour Stéphane Mallarmé and by the 1912 work of Vaslav Nijinsky, this piece is a personal interpretation.

With influences from Ballroom and Latin American to Hip Hop, the piece interrogates the impact that words and ideas have on response and isolation within the body.

Recommended ages 16+ * Curve transaction fee is £3 for all card payments.

Excludes Curve members, Groups 10+ and customers printing tickets at home.

Image Credit: Mac Daniel v. Palima, photographer David Wilson Clark; Si Rawlinson, photographer Vladimir Gruev; Hayley Young, Photographer Andy Wright

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AUTOGRAPH Friday 5 May 7:30pm Attenborough Arts Centre Price: £10/£8 Now entering it’s fifth year, Autograph, in partnership with Dance4 and Attenborough Arts Centre is a platform that supports and nurtures emerging artists, commissioning them to develop new work.

The rising talents of Protocol Dance Company, led by choreographer Lanre Malaolu and dance artist Jessica Walker, take to the stage with provocative and innovative pieces exploring multifaceted themes of journey and identity.

Image Credit: Protocol Alan Kimara Dance Dixon Company, Photographer Paul Hampartsoumian

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Hyper-Normal Lanre Malaolu Protocol Dance Company In a world full of fear, image obsession, the need to fit in, and Donald Trump... how do we keep control of the one thing we supposedly have control over?

‘Hyper-Normal’ explores a man’s battle with his ‘self’ and mental illness, and how it shapes the man he becomes, but doesn’t want to be. One voice becomes two, two becomes three... we take a snapshot into his life and how he keeps these inner voices at bay, in an attempt to identify his true inner self.

Grey Matter Jessica Walker Jessica Walker returns with fellow Trinity Laban musician Nathen Durasamy to present their collaborative choreography that interrogates the mainstays of the Mixed Race narrative.

An adaptation of her 2015 dance piece ‘Tick the Box (Mixed/Other)’, this work uses playful devices to confront their concerns of binary categorisation and identity perception within the fluid social structures of our New Millennial Age.

Image Credits: Protocol Dance Company, Photographer Llcreo; Jessica Walker, Photographer Chris Nash

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BIOGRAPHY

Pauline Mayers Wednesday 10 May 7:30pm Guildhall Price: £10 Biography is a platform that recognises and celebrates the work of experienced dance practitioners. Reflecting on their career in dance with an opportunity to explore their influences, identity and choreographic practice, artists are commissioned to create and present a new piece of work, followed by a dialogue with the audience.

This year we are delighted to invite Pauline Mayers. Pauline is a choreographer, performer and theatre practitioner based in Leeds. Originally from London, Pauline trained at the Rambert School and has danced with and taught for contemporary dance companies and choreographers across the UK including Janet Smith & Dancers (London), Diversions Dance (Cardiff), Phoenix Dance Company (Leeds) and The Ensemble Group (Edinburgh), touring both nationally and internationally.

Pauline incorporates interdisciplinary practice as an integral part of her process.

Her work has been described as ‘beautiful, fierce and radical’.

Image Credit: Pauline Barry Lewis, Mayers, PaulPhotographer White, Karen Lizzie King, Richard Coombes Calmes

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MEETING

Strategic Alliance for Black Dance Meeting Friday 12 May 5:00pm – 6:30pm Curve, Seminar Room B Free The Strategic Alliance for Black Dance was initiated by State of Emergency to create a national forum for dialogue and to build an infrastructure for the support of the Black dance sector in the UK. The Alliance aims to encourage emerging artists and arts organisations to develop existing leaders in Black dance and to build bridges with the wider dance industry.

This session will explore the impact of Brexit on Black Dance in the UK and the challenges that have arisen which will arise for international dance exchanges and restrictions on immigration for visiting artists. The meeting is open to all those excited by working in partnership to push forward the agenda for dance of Black origin in the UK, providing opportunities to network and for artists to share their ideas and plans with others.

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DANCE DOCUMENTARIES

Pharaohs of Memphis

Gurumbé: Afro Andalusian Memories

Wednesday 3 May 7:00pm Phoenix Cinema Price: £8.60/£6.90

Monday 8 May 7:00pm Phoenix Cinema Price: £8.60/£6.90

Dir. Phoebe Driscoll, USA, 2014, 55 mins, English, tbc

Dir. Miguel Ángel Rosales Spain, 2016, 72 mins, Spanish, Portuguese with English subtitles, 15

Pharaohs of Memphis delves deeper into the fascinating origins of jookin and its current standing in the dance world. From the origins as ‘gangsta walking’ during an era of violent Memphis crime to present day jookin, dancers share their personal connections with the dance, as an outlet for creative energy and a way to keep out of crime. The film employs the use of contemporary dance competitions as well as archival footage to depict the complex world of jookin, a style both inspiring and unrelenting and is set to a soundtrack of contemporary Memphis hip-hop.

Image Credit: Gurumbé. Dir Miguel Ángel Rosales

Flamenco is synonymous with Spanish culture. Since its inception, theorists have sidelined the fundamental contribution of Afro Andalusians. Commercial exploitation of the American colonies brought hundreds of Africans to Seville to be sold as slaves, forming a population who over time managed to gain space in a society wrought with racial prejudices. Music and dance were a fundamental part of their expression and the most important affirmation of their identity. As the Black population began to disappear from Spain in the late 19th century, so too did their contribution to this extraordinary art form.

In Gurumbé, their story is finally told.

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CLAY

Sunday 7 May 7:30pm Attenborough Arts Centre Price: £10/£8 It is said that clay is the matter that we are made of. Buried in that matter are the memories that mould our experiences, our understandings and gestures. In CLAY Asha Thomas, American contemporary dancer and Yinka Esi Graves, British flamenco dancer, draw from their collective memory and experiences to create a unique language between them. It is their very dancing that goes in search of the past whilst being informed by it. One dancer of half-Jamaican and Ghanaian descent and the other from a long line of Southern Baptist preachers, they explore the connections between who they believe themselves to be, and the unconscious parts that make up who they are. It is a place where this duo’s dance evokes memories of distant lands, all to the unique soundscape of flamenco and electric guitarist Guillermo Guillén.

Image Credit: Miguel Ángel Rosales

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CONFERENCE Identity and Choreographic Practice Tuesday 9 May 9:00am City Hall Price: £55/£45 Concessions/Early Bird £35* Exploring the complex and multifaceted relationship between identity and choreographic practice, this conference aims to examine how culture and training influence choreographic vocabulary, and also touch upon how identity is revealed in practice, from practitioners’ unique signatures to the preservation, exploration or development of methodologies that have come before.

The conference will explore the struggles for visibility and recognition that some practitioners face within their chosen field. Panel discussions will examine the challenges and triumphs faced by Black dancers when attempting to break the glass ceiling of classical ballet. Additionally, there will be a reflection on colonial pasts and new aesthetics, discussing both the rich, diverse and complex heritage and how this has influenced contemporary dance. The event will also look at interdisciplinary practices, recognising, articulating and celebrating the blending of technique and style.

Interspersed with performances from establishing artists, the conference is an opportunity for conversation; a chance to recognise dance artists and practitioners’ right to have an individual voice, stimulate dynamic connections between training, theory and practice, and transverse obstructions to creativity and opportunities.

For the conference we welcome as keynote speaker, Joan Myers Brown, founder and artistic director of PHILADANCO. Other speakers contributing include Francis Angol, Delia Barker, Sandie Bourne, Nora Chipamaurie, Yinka Esi Graves, David Hamilton, Terry Ofosu, H Patten, Sheron Wray and the event will be hosted by Pawlet Brookes, Serendipity. *Early Bird Available until 24 March 2017

Image Credit: Joan Myers Brown, Photographer Deborah Boardman

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Invisible Visibility: Diverse Voices within Inclusive Dance Thursday 11 May 2:00pm – 5:00pm Attenborough Arts Centre Price: £15 A half day symposium reaching out to disabled dancers from BAME communities, putting forward an agenda for change, inclusion and ultimately visibility within the sector and beyond. The event is for producers, funders and creative practitioners, to offer an opportunity to discuss the key barriers that marginalise BAME artists from taking centre stage. The aim of the programme is to showcase best practice from the sector, alongside creating room for discussion and debate. The panel will include local, national and international practitioners and will be followed by a networking opportunity.

Speakers include Anthony Evans, Epic Arts, Louise Katerega, Louise Dickson.

Image Credit: ‘A State of Becoming’ a commission for The Place Prize 2006 sponsored by Bloomberg. Photographer Benedict Johnson, Copyright Louise Katerega

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PHILADANCO Mixed Bill Friday 12 May – Saturday 13 May 7:45pm Curve Price: £16/£14/£12 £10 FOR GROUPS OF 10+ AND 15% Off for Curve Members* Founded in 1970 and led by trailblazer Joan Myers Brown, out of a need for training and opportunities for African American dancers, The Philadelphia dance company affectionately known as PHILADANCO, is at the forefront of innovative dance, bringing a creative merger of dance styles including classical ballet and modern dance while preserving African American traditions in dance. Representing an amalgamation of people from diverse communities, a myriad of company support systems and intensive training, it enables dancers to develop their talent and refine their technical skills making PHILADANCO one of the most sought-after modern American dance companies.

The company’s founder and artistic director Joan Myers Brown is an instrumental leader in the national and international arts communities. In 2013 Joan was awarded National Medal of the Arts, the highest civic honour of the United States of America for excellence in the arts. President Barack Obama cited Ms. Brown for carving out “an artistic haven for African American dancers and choreographers to innovate, create, and share their unique visions with the national and global dance communities.”

The company present an exciting mixed bill of acclaimed work.

Between the Lines, choreographed by Francisco Gella, illustrates architectural flare with more than a hint of romanticism while drawing influences from the classical idiom.

Super 8! from choreographer Ray Mercer is an acknowledgement of everyday experiences and relationships, from romantic love, to bonds between brothers and the importance of community.

Movement for 5 is inspired by the events surrounding “The Central Park Five”, five young men living in Harlem in 1989, falsely accused and imprisoned for 14 years.

Choreographer Dawn Marie Bazemore cuts to the social landscape.

Enemy behind the Gates is a furioso of movement, choreographed by Christopher L. Huggins, this piece is inspired by enemies that are within our midst. Who is enemy and who is friend?

Image Credit: PHILADANCO, Photographer Julieanne Harris

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PHILADANCO Workshop Wednesday 10 May - Thursday 11 May PHILADANCO are renowned for their dance education programming that cultivates and develops young, emerging dancers and choreographers. They are committed to expanding knowledge and access to dance arts, nurturing artistic and performance skills and developing choreographic framework and encouraging participants to grow both as dancers and as individuals. This workshop is a unique opportunity to work alongside an internationally acclaimed dance company, with a unique blend of dance styles including African American traditional dance, classical ballet and elements of western jazz and modern dance.

Image Credit: PHILADANCO, Photographer Julieanne Harris

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WORLD CLASS ACCOMMODATION FOR WORLD CLASS DANCE Mercure Leicester, The Grand Hotel Granby Street, Leicester, LE1 6ES Festival guests can stay for just £85 per night bed and breakfast.

Contact Rob Coltman and quote “LDIF17” to redeem this offer. rob.coltman@jupiterhotels.co.uk

Belmont Hotel 20 De Montfort Square, Leicester, LE1 7GR www.belmonthotel.co.uk 0116 254 4773 Get 10% off the rate of the day, simply by quoting “serendipity”

GIVING Give as you Live Raise donations to support LDIF simply by shopping online using Give as you Live.

Shop at over 4,000 leading online stores and a percentage of every pound you spend will be turned into a donation to support Serendipity projects such as LDIF17. www.giveasyoulive.com/join/serendipity

Just Giving We need your continued support to make LDIF possible. Please donate if you can Text LDIF17 £5 to 70070 or donate via www.justgiving.com/charity/serendipityartists

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SERENDIPITY BOOKS Black Women in Dance: Stepping Out of the Barriers An exciting publication exploring the impact that Black women have made on the international dance ecology, reflecting on the challenges they have had to overcome, but moreover to celebrate the tenacity, strength and creativity of the authors, their peers and their predecessors. £15

Blurring Boundaries: Urban Street Meets Contemporary Dance Exploring the origins, developments and collaborations that have shaped street dance, and how this has led to the multiplicity of current dance styles and the diversity embodied within these genres. £15

Creolizing Dance in a Global Age Creolizing Dance in a Global Age brings together key voices for a discourse on the complex relationships between ‘Creolization’ and dance, especially those embodied within the dynamics of the Caribbean. £15

Hidden Movement: Contemporary Voices of Black British Dance A snapshot of social history; the narrative of Hidden Movement explores changing politics, policies and terminology, through the personal journeys of those who have shaped the story of Black British Dance. £15

Get your copy now: www.serendipity-uk.com/shop

Gateway Sixth Form College We offer a broad range of Performing Arts courses.

Whether you want to be in the spotlight or working behind the scenes, we can help you to fulfil your goals. The College has a full working theatre which supports student’s development and progression, enabling you to follow a career pathway in your chosen subject. Courses run from a BTEC Certificate up to an Extended Diploma in: * Dance * Acting * Musical Theatre * Technical Theatre Former Gateway student Pavan, (pictured below), is currently studying BA(Hons) Professional Dance and Musical Theatre at Bird College in London after gaining BTECs in Dance and Acting.

Contact us today to find out how we can help you to achieve.

Colin Grundy Drive, Hamilton, Leicester, LE5 1GA Telephone: 0116 274 4500

www.gateway.ac.uk

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BOOK TICKETS For Curve Shows, contact 0116 242 3595.

For Attenborough Arts Centre shows, contact 0116 252 2455.

For Phoenix, contact 0116 242 2800 All other shows, contact 0333 666 3366*. Or book online via www.ldif.co.uk

Attenborough Arts Centre

Curve

Lancaster Road Leicester LE1 7HA Ticket Office: 0116 252 2455 E: arts-centre@le.ac.uk W: attenborougharts.com RNID Type Talk service 18001 0116 252 2455

Rutland Street Leicester LE1 1SB Ticket Office: 0116 242 3595 E: tickets@curvetheatre.co.uk W: curveonline.co.uk

City Hall 115 Charles Street Leicester LE1 1FZ

The Guildhall Guildhall Lane Leicester LE1 5FQ

Mercure Leicester, The Grand Hotel Granby Street Leicester LE1 6ES

Phoenix Cinema Phoenix Square 4 Midland Street Leicester LE1 1TG Ticket Office: 0116 242 2800 W: phoenix.org.uk

* Please note that this telephone number is for the Ticket Source Box Office, calls are charged at same rate as a normal landline number. To speak to the organisers please see details. Tickets for each event are available at respective venues’ Ticket Offices, with exception to City Hall, Mercure Leicester, The Grand Hotel and The Guildhall.

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Access Information

Concessions, where stated, are available to full-time students, in possession of a student card with photo, state pensioners, people with disabilities and their carers, unemployed, and children under 16. Please provide proof of concessionary status.

LDIF venues offer access for people with mobility disabilities. In addition, we are committed to our diversity policy and aim to ensure full access to all. If you are concerned with accessibility please contact the venue or organisers.

Disclaimer Please note all details were correct at time of going to print. Whilst every effort will be made to keep to the announced programme, it may be necessary to make changes without notice. No refunds or exchanges will be made to tickets once issued unless the event is cancelled, or sold out.

SUPPORTERS

Transaction Fees Please be aware that transaction fees may apply on all card payments made online, by telephone and in person through Ticket Source Box Office and Curve Ticket Office.

Every effort is made to ensure that these costs are clear where they do apply.

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Conference

Workshop

Performance

Tuesday 9 May

Wednesday 10 May

Wednesday 10 May

Performance

Film

Monday 8 May

Saturday 13 May

Performance

Sunday 7 May

Performance

Performance

Friday 5 May

Friday 12 May

Performance

Thursday 4 May

Meeting

Film

Wednesday 3 May

Friday 12 May

Workshop

Tuesday 2 May – Wednesday 3 May

Symposium

LDIF17 Launch Performance

Saturday 29 April

Thursday 11 May

Event Type

Date

PHILADANCO: The Philadelphia Dance Company

PHILADANCO: The Philadelphia Dance Company

7:45pm

7:45pm

5:00pm

2:00pm

Invisibility Visibility: Diverse Voices within Inclusive Dance

Strategic Alliance for Black Dance

7:30pm

Various

9:00am

7:00pm

Biography: Pauline Mayers

PHILADANCO: The Philadelphia Dance Company

Identity and Choreographic Practice

Grumbé: Afro Andalusian Memories

7:30pm

7:30pm

Autograph: Jessica Walker and Protocol Dance Company

Clay: Asha Thomas and Yinka Esi Graves

7:30pm

7:00pm

9:30am

7:30pm

Time

Signatures

Pharaohs of Memphis

Two day course with Jawole Willa Jo Zollar

Urban Bush Women – Mixed Bill

Event

Free

Curve, Seminar Room B

Curve

£16 / £14 / £12

£16 / £14 / £12

£15

Attenborough Arts Centre

Curve

£10/£8

£55 / £45 Concessions / £35 Early Bird

Guildhall

Various

City Hall

£8.90 / £6.90 Concessions

£10 / £8

Attenborough Arts Centre Phoenix Cinema

£10 / £8

£10

£8.90 / £6.90 Concessions

Attenborough Arts Centre

Curve RR2

Phoenix

£85

£16

Mercure Leicester, The Grand Hotel Curve

Tickets

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