Three women sit on outdoor stairs wearing traditional South Asian dresses paired with modern sneakers and jackets. They strike confident poses, blending cultural attire with contemporary streetwear style.Three women sit on outdoor stairs wearing traditional South Asian dresses paired with modern sneakers and jackets. They strike confident poses, blending cultural attire with contemporary streetwear style.

BIDF Artistic Programme

  • Dates: Wednesday 22 - Saturday 25 June 2022

*show supported by Without Walls.

**show included in our pitching event.

Thursday

  • AndroidX + MHz, CROWD_CTRL (UK) – Thursday, Friday
  • Marso Riviere, KRE8! (UK, France)
  • Tentacle Tribe, Puzzle  (Canada) – Thursday, Saturday

Friday

Friday-Saturday

Saturday

For the full programme, please see the BIDF website.

Image credit: DEVA by Urja Desi Thakore & Hetain Patel © Parag Dhanani

Back to Archive: Outdoor Dance Showcase 2022
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Programme highlights

Show
A dancer captured mid-air during a jump, silhouetted against the sky and sun, with event details for the Birmingham International Dance Festival displayed in bold text around the image.

KRE8! 2022

Artist: Mickael "Marso" Riviere

Guided by our hosts, a diverse cast of 8 international guest dancers will go head to head to the sound of a live band and a DJ, following various creative tasks
Show
Three women in colorful traditional Indian clothing perform a joyful dance outdoors on a brick plaza, with city buildings and festive decorations visible in the background.

Mughal Miniatures

Artist: Sonia Sabri Company

Mughal Miniatures is inspired by, and offers a performative interpretation of, traditional miniature paintings. However, the narrative of the characters we meet…
Show
A man and woman reach toward each other with outstretched hands, almost touching, while standing against a textured pink wall with green ivy.

Void

Artist: Company Chameleon

A male and female duet, Void explores the space created by the pandemic, and what has moved into that space – both good and bad.
Show
Two people dance energetically outdoors; one leaps in the air while the other spins in a purple skirt. They are in front of a grand, historic building under a clear blue sky.

Black Victorians

Artist: Jeanefer Jean-Charles

Black Victorians by Artistic Director / Choreographer Jeanefer Jean-Charles is inspired by nineteenth century studio photographs of black men, women and childen
Show
Performers climb and hang from a large, metal, binocular-shaped structure outdoors, with a crowd watching in the background on a sunny day with blue sky and scattered clouds.

Timeless

Timeless is Joli Vyann’s new spectacular medium to large scale outdoor touring show featuring an interactive 7 metre high, free standing, rotating…
Show
A person with dreadlocks performs an expressive dance move outdoors, wearing a green sleeveless shirt and gray pants. A group of people stands in the background near greenery and a stone railing.

Born to Protest

Artist: Joseph Toonga

Joseph Toonga (Just Us Dance Theatre) presents an all-female cast sharing bold Hip Hop dance that challenges racial bias and reclaims identity…
Show
Two people with dark skin and dreadlocks embrace closely, their eyes closed, expressing intimacy and comfort in a dimly lit setting with a rustic, textured background.

BONDED

Artist: Alleyne Dance

BONDED, explores the construct of human dependency – especially that of siblings – and how time and external conditions can affect the…
Show
Three people in casual clothing pose dramatically on an angled wooden staircase against a plain wall. One person leans on another’s leg, while the middle person covers their mouth, and the third balances near the top.

Mind the Gap

Artist: FURINKAÏ / Satchie Noro

With its alternating construction and deconstruction, turbulent floor space and vertical axes, the scenography of Mind the Gap is an architectural space…
Show
A group of five dancers perform an expressive routine on an outdoor stage as an audience of adults and children watches from the grass. Trees and hedges surround the performance area.

ECHOES

Artist: Cia Moveo - Physical Theatre and Dance

This production is the third part of a trilogy dedicated to the relationship between reality and fiction. The first show of the…