Breathe the Beat is a new dance concept and a unique digital project which encompasses both online and offline elements to engage and inspire the next generation of dancers and enthusiasts. Online, renowned international hip-hop artist, Salah shows you how to take inspiration from your everyday surroundings and create routines…
Find out how to get involved in the UK’s biggest ever celebration of dance
Home is a bold, inventive new dance production that will move through the streets of Birmingham city centre as part of IDFB 2012. We are looking for 1000 individuals to contribute towards the creation of, and be involved in, the performances that will take place between 23 April & 13…
Thursday night’s performance of Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker! at Birmingham Hippodrome was a very special evening. The curtain was raised on a group of BTEC dancers from Walsall College who performed a short piece inspired by Nutcracker!, created by eight young choreographers from across the West Midlands, selected by DanceXchange
For teens with an interest in choreography, or dancers who are interested in working with new people in new ways.
The cathedral at Worcester is bringing together 2 cities’ best in the world of dance. DAVID BINTLEY, Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet, and the internationally known London based SPRING DANCE COMPANY, in an evening of high quality and dynamic performance.
DanceXchange Associate Artist Luca Silvestrini's company Protein won the Best Independent Company Award at the Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards in London this week.
Directed by Andy Brunskill, Home is a bold, inventive new dance production that will move through the streets of Birmingham city centre. We are looking for 1000 individuals from across the West Midlands to contribute towards the creation and be involved in the performances (23 April – 13 May 2012).
DanceXchange [dx] is developing a commissioning guidance and resource document aimed at supporting commissioners in the health sector with commissioning dance to improve health and well being. This will be a web based resource and will be promoted nationally.
British Dance Edition is the UK dance industry’s leading showcase event, presenting the best of British dance to promoters and producers from the UK and across the globe, who together control programming budgets worth over £25million.
We’re thrilled to hear that Natasha Smith, 18, from Wolverhampton has been selected for the U.Dance Ensemble.
We are very pleased to announce the following groups have been selected to perform at U.Dance Raw Energy at The Patrick Centre on Sunday 19th February:
Classes resume on Monday 9 January at DanceXchange's studios, Level 5 Birmingham Hippodrome.
The Young Creatives for 2012 have been announced and we are pleased to say that we have two representatives from the West Midlands region.
DanceXchange and Birmingham Hippodrome are offering a fantastic opportunity to develop your choreographic skills working with members of Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures company.
Auditions to select dancers for the first UK-wide youth dance company the U.Dance Ensemble have been taking place across the UK in recent weeks
We’re really pleased to finally get our hands on Dancescene’s review of Rosie Kay Dance Company's The Great Train Dance, which took to the Severn Valley Railway on the 23rd July 2011.
As you may be aware, Birmingham City Council has recently launched a public consultation process on its budget plans from April 2012 onwards, and we thought it would be of interest to you as a customer and supporter of DanceXchange to hear how the city’s plans are affecting our work.
6pm at ACE Dance and Music, Floodgate, Birmingham, B5 5SL
A playground of dance
The question of whether artists are born or made is now closer to being answered, according to research released by dance science researchers from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.
This year’s regional U.Dance Raw Energy platform will take place at DanceXchange's studio theatre The Patrick Centre on 19 February 2012*
Last week DanceXchange played host to internationally renowned Australian choreographer Shaun Parker (of Shaun Parker Dance Company), his two company members Joshua and Ghenoa, Assistant Choreographer Corey Baker and three International and UK based artists; Lewis Major, Wren Ball and Sabrina Ribes. The parks in the West Midlands became a…
Miranda Laurence, Project Manager, writes about 'Boundless', an Unlimited commission DanceXchange is managing with Remix Dance in South Africa
A celebration of ten years of outstanding performance
The return of the critically acclaimed and hugely successful contemporary dance production
In May - July 2010, DanceXchange and two's company's production Funny Bones toured venues across the UK.
Bite Size Ignite - 6 choreographic labs, pushing boundaries of inclusive dance The laboratories will be led by a combination of nationally-renowed choreographers, emerging choreographers with disabilities, and experienced inclusive dance artists associated with Gloucestershire Dance.
Wriggle Dance Theatre are currently looking for a choreographer to work with them for three days as part of their research and professional development during phase one of the project, Creating Dance Performance for young children.
The Encompass Project is looking for an experienced and dynamic Project Coordinator, who will ensure this project reaches its full potential.
We are seeking up to 3 experienced Dance Tutors from the West Midlands to deliver wrap-around participatory activities as part of HOME.
YDE have published an external Evaluation Report on their activity in 2008-11, which depicts YDE’s impact on children and young people’s dance in the past 3 years.
The Outdoor Dance Programme is offering placements to four male or female dance students or recent graduates.
David Massingham, DanceXchange and Bare Bones Artistic Director, on a decade of Bare Bones
Behind the scenes footage from rehearsals for Caravaggio: Exile and Death
Youth Dance Symposium hosted by ACE Dance and Music
Are you a dance teacher looking for new creative ideas? Or are you a PE teacher looking for support to deliver dance? Dancescape have two forthcoming opportunities this Autumn for teachers working with a wide range of groups.
DanceXchange's own touring company Bare Bones is celebrating ten years of innovative dance in Birmingham, London and Cardiff.
DanceXchange is offering 4 student placements working on a project as part of Dancing for the Games – Outdoor Dance Programme
Through dx’s partnership with Youth Dance England (YDE) – the national organisation that champions and promotes dance for all children and young people – there are a number of national opportunities for young people from the West Midlands to get involved with dance.
To celebrate ten years of DanceXchange [dx] being based at Birmingham Hippodrome, dx is presenting a special anniversary Autumn season of performances by some of the biggest names in the contemporary dance world.
Dancers required for PLAYGROUND, a commission by renowned Australian Artist Shaun Parker
DanceXchange is recruiting for International Dance Festival Birmingham 2012
DanceXchange is pleased to offer tickets as part of Birmingham Hippodrome's First Night scheme.
Breathe the Beat is an exciting digital dance project from DanceXchange. Internationally renowned hip-hop artist Salah shows you how to take inspiration from your every day surroundings and create routines using his unique PABE (Popping, Animation, Boogaloo, Effect) style.
Through our partnership with Youth Dance England (YDE), who are the the national organisation that champions and promotes dance for all children and young people, there are a number of national opportunities for young people from the West Midlands to get involved with dance nationally.
2011 is a really important year for DanceXchange, as it's ten years since we moved into the Birmingham Hippodrome complex. Over the last decade we’ve hosted hundreds of performances and supported the production of over 50 major touring works by artists such as Hofesh Shechter, Akram Khan, Jasmin Vardimon, Rafael…
After a successful pilot project working with the Polish community in Telford, Dancexchange is currently developing and fundraising for a 3 year project called Belonging.
Arts Champions is a scheme funded by Birmingham City Council to partner up Birmingham’s many arts organisations with the city’s constituencies. After 5 fantastic years of working in Edgbaston and producing a range of projects there in partnership with Town Hall Symphony Hall, DanceXchange has started a new relationship with…
We felt it was time for a change, and so have been working with the team at Supercool to create a brand new DanceXchange website.
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DanceXchange [dx] is a dance house dedicated to the production and distribution of high quality dance, and has excellence, innovation, education and inclusion at its heart.
dx takes the best British dance to a worldwide stage, brings outstanding talent from across the world to Birmingham, and has a growing reputation as a producer. dx also engages people from all backgrounds in healthy dance activity, and nurtures young people to help shape the dance artists and leaders of the future.
We are a registered charity and receive core funding from Arts Council England and Birmingham City Council. We rely on income from a wide range of trusts, foundations and private sources to deliver our projects.
We are keen to maintain our theatre and studios to the highest standard and to further our commitment to participation, access and artistic excellence. In order to do so, financial assistance from individuals, private sources and business is vital.
To find out how you can get involved and make a donation, please contact us on 0121 689 3170 or info@dancexchange.org.uk.
Many thanks for your support.