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Roaming Dance is a BIDF co-commission with Punch Records and Saathi House through Gallery37 North that premiered two new productions as part of BIDF’s live outdoor programme in Autumn 2021.

Hip Hop dance artists Joseph Toonga, Emma Houston and musician Bellatrix worked with communities in North West Birmingham in the summer, connecting with local people as an integral part of their creative process. Toonga was joined by Wolverhampton-based Breaker, Omar ‘Kidd Ronin’ Spence as a mentee – part of our artist development initiative.

Roaming Dance is one of a series of six commissions delivered in North West Birmingham, that collectively launched the three-year Gallery37 North (G37n) arts residency programme for young people led by Punch Records and Saathi House.

Check out more information about the artists and their projects below

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Born to Protest by Just Us Dance Theatre
Born to Protest dismantles presumptions about black male and female figures based on intimidation, danger and isolation – revealing instead character traits around fragility, vulnerability and a constant battle to prove …
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Landscape image of Like Mercury by Huston Dance Collective at BIDF 2021. Image by Anthony Lloyd.
Like Mercury by Houston Dance Collective & Bellatrix
Through a queer lens, Like Mercury is an inquiry into showing up whole outside of these norms as an act of defiance.
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‘Born to Protest’ and ‘Like Mercury’ forms part of Roaming Dance – a BIDF co-commission with Punch Records and Saathi House through Gallery37 North

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