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Birmingham International Dance Festival announces full line-up

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Award-winning event returns for its sixth year to wow and entertain audiences.

Birmingham International Dance Festival 2018 will bring the best of international dance to the city and provide a platform for local talent to shine. The programme will excite and delight a wide range of audiences and participants, inspiring local people, and attracting visitors to the city. BIDF celebrates Birmingham as a young, diverse city, a place where anything is possible, where the extraordinary happens in the most unexpected spaces.

BIDF is delighted to announce two new Festival partnerships for 2018, West Midlands Railway and Colmore Business District who join core funders Arts Council England and Birmingham City Council along with Dance Hub Birmingham which is providing substantial additional programme investment.

West Midlands Railway, BIDF’s Official Travel Partner, operates the local and regional train services within the West Midlands area. West Midlands Railway are delighted to be supporting the Festival and working with partners in Birmingham to get the region moving in this the City’s Year of Movement. As part of their commitment to serving the region, the company are particularly proud to support BIDF’s Midlands Made programme of new commissions and presentations created by artists living and working in the Midlands.

Richard Brooks, Customer Experience Director at West Midlands Railway, said: “We have a wealth of creative talent within our ranks in the West Midlands and the Birmingham International Dance Festival will be the perfect opportunity to show that off and get the region moving. We’re extremely proud to be supporting this event and we hope people from across our network will get out there, explore their local areas and discover the excellent artists taking part in the Festival.”

Colmore Business District is sponsoring the dynamic festival zone in Victoria Square which will present an exciting mix of performances that are sure to be some of the highlights of the Festival.

Mike Best – Board Director at Colmore BID commented: “Colmore BID is delighted to be supporting Birmingham International Dance Festival. It is a vibrant event that always attracts thousands of visitors to our great city and we’re proud to be sponsoring the Festival Square programme taking over Victoria Square. The planned activity will be exciting and immersive, and a great experience for visitors. We’re also excited for the workshop activity taking place in Colmore Business District as it will complement our community and wellbeing agendas, providing something really different for those working in businesses in the area.”

Clare Lewis, Executive Director of DanceXchange, said: “It is fantastic to be able to celebrate the continued support of our core Funders and supporters as well as to announce that we have new partners on board such as West Midlands Railways and Colmore BID. Key partners such as these are vital for growing and developing the festival’s reach and impact and we look forward to encouraging more people to get involved in, and be inspired by, dance during our Festival.”

Councillor Brigid Jones, Deputy Leader of Birmingham City Council, said: “Birmingham International Dance Festival continues to go from strength to strength and we are once again proud to support it as a signature festival for the city. As well as its high profile programme of international performances which reach audiences from far and wide, its touring programme injects an energy into our communities, and there are more ways than ever for people to take part, get active and have fun.

“It creates a sense of excitement across the city, enabling local people to get fully involved as well as attracting new visitors. BIDF helps to showcase Birmingham as a vibrant destination and will pave the way for an outstanding cultural programme as we approach the Commonwealth Games in 2022.”

Monique Deletant – Deputy CEO Culture Central and Director of Dance Hub Birmingham said: “I am delighted that Dance Hub Birmingham is able to support Birmingham International Dance Festival and through it DanceXchange. The Midlands Made programme of newly-commissioned work from the region is an amazing example of the collaborative efforts that organisations in Birmingham are making which enable artists to bring exciting new work to audiences across the West Midlands and beyond.

“I am looking forward to seeing the incredible dance festival across Birmingham over the first three weeks in June that cements the city’s reputation as the place to be for dance.”

Find out more about the programme at www.bidf.co.uk

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