Local celebs dance themselves dizzy
To celebrate the nation’s love of dancing, International Dance Festival Birmingham (IDFB) has challenged a number of local journalists and presenters to show off their twinkle toes as they take on the IDFB Dance Challenge.
Louisa James from ITV Central News, Kate Lawler from Kerrang! and Satnam Rana from Midlands Today are among those who have taken up the challenge – to learn to dance between now and the opening of the Festival on 19th April. Each participant has been given a particular style of dance to master, from ballet and tap dancing, to jazz, hip hop and contemporary.
Other participants include Jodie Schofield from Smooth Radio, Fionnuala Bourke from Birmingham Mail, Paul Sargent, a Divisional Director at IDFB’s sponsor Brewin Dolphin and Keith Gabriel from financial PR agency Citigate Dewe Rogerson.
Today (Monday 22 February) the participants received clues about their individual dance style, before full details were revealed to them. Louisa James will be finding her inner swan with Ballet classes and Fionnuala Bourke will be learning some trendy moves in Club Jazz, while Paul Sargent will be learning to tap dance in his classes, all of which are run at the DanceXchange in Birmingham.
The budding dancers will have two months to become the next Ginger Rogers or Fred Astaire, and you can follow their progress on www.idfb.co.uk
Produced by DanceXchange and Birmingham Hippodrome, IDFB 2010 will see over 70 performances from some of the world’s most outstanding companies and choreographers take place across Birmingham and the West Midlands. In addition to this, IDFB 2010 will host a number of free public participation events, allowing everyone to get involved.
The Festival will showcase over 25 companies from six continents, presenting a spectacular range of dance styles from ballet, ballroom and break-dancing to flamenco, contemporary and circus. It is one of the world’s largest dance festivals and is funded by Advantage West Midlands, Arts Council England West Midlands and Birmingham City Council, with sponsorship from investment bankers Brewin Dolphin.
For more information on IDFB 2010 and the line-up, visit www.idfb.co.uk
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