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Bollywood Steps, Town Hall Birmingham (photographer Adrian Burrows)

People Dancing

Organisation

Naomi Temple
West Midlands Legacy Trust Programme Manager
Arts Council England, West Midlands
82 Granville Street
Birmingham
B1 2LH
UK
+44 (0)121 631 5741
naomi.temple@artscouncil.org.uk
www.wmfor2012.com

People Dancing is a three year programme that uses the inspiration of London 2012 to get as many people as possible dancing across the West Midlands through a series of large scale commissioned programmes and events.

Funded by Legacy Trust UK, Arts Council England West Midlands and Advantage West Midlands, the project includes a major public engagement and marketing campaign as well as the creation of a dynamic new digital platform for dance. People Dancing is part of the West Midlands’ Culture Programme for London 2012.

The current list of projects and organisations commissioned through the People Dancing programme includes:

Round 1 – May 2009
Blue Eyed Soul Dance Company – Transformations
Birmingham Opera Company – Othello
Birmingham Royal Ballet – Ballet, Birmingham & Me
Birmingham Town Hall & Symphony Hall – Bollywood Steps
Rosetta Life – Moving into Being
StreetGames – StreetCheer
Stoke on Trent City Council – World of Dance
Warwick Arts Centre – Boys Dancing

Round 2 – November 2009
Arts Alive – Shift
Dancefest – 12
Mercurial Arts – The Bubble Chamber
sampad South Asian Arts – In the further soil
Community Vibe – Fit and Funky
Dudley Performing Arts – The Chain Makers