Two exciting young European dance companies - Pere Faura & Club Fisk - combine in this Double Bill with work which is touching, thought provoking and embraces both the sublime and ridiculous in dance and popular culture today. Ticket prices between £8-10.
This is a picture of a person I don’t know (Pere Faura) is a solo performance about loneliness and the idea of nostalgia as a way to escape from it.
Forestillinger (Club Fisk) is a short performance consisting of two dancers, two costume changes, two masks, an easel and an elaborate explanation of the performance and its underlying structure.
Two exciting young European dance companies - Pere Faura & Club Fisk - combine in this Double Bill with work which is touching, thought provoking and embraces both the sublime and ridiculous in dance and popular culture today. Ticket prices between £8-10.
This is a picture of a person I don’t know (Pere Faura) is a solo performance about loneliness and the idea of nostalgia as a way to escape from it.
Forestillinger (Club Fisk) is a short performance consisting of two dancers, two costume changes, two masks, an easel and an elaborate explanation of the performance and its underlying structure.
A fantastic line up of dance from across the globe comes to Birmingham once again this year, as DanceXchange and Birmingham Hippodrome present the second International Dance Festival Birmingham (IDFB). Running from Monday 19 April until Saturday 15 May, IDFB 2010 performances and events will be happening in venues and locations across Birmingham and the West Midlands.
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International Dance Festival Birmingham 2010 is produced by DanceXchange and Birmingham Hippodrome, funded by Advantage West Midlands, Arts Council England West Midlands and Birmingham City Council, and sponsored by Brewin Dolphin. BBC WM is Media Partner, and Crowne Plaza Accommodation Partner. IDFB is also working in partnership with the West Midlands Culture Programme for London 2012, along with a range of other exciting programmes including People Dancing, to celebrate and engage people with the region’s world class cultural offer.