Expect all the dance at Birmingham Weekender 2024 including all styles – street, inclusive, classical as well as circus performances and flashmobs throughout the weekend.

Birmingham Hippodrome in collaboration with FABRIC present a packed dance programme on Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 August on the Bullring Dance Stage on the Lower Mall at Bullring & Grand Central (outside M&S) with dance popping up in other spaces around the city across the bank holiday weekend.

Look out for a treadmill taking centre stage for Walker Movement Theatre Company’s Tread -expect contemporary dance and stunt performance whilst Break Mission bring Swan Break a modern-day version of the classic dance merging street and classical styles. Chad Taylor performs Closer to My Dreams through poetry, rap and hip-hop choreography; Performers College are collaborating with Birmingham Royal Ballet to create a new dance inspired by Luna, BRB’s new work inspired by the pioneering women of Birmingham; and an exciting version of Torch of Excellence (a Birmingham Weekender 2023 seed commission from Eloquent Dance), is all about celebration and leaving the audience inspired and energized and feeling connected to something bigger.

Inclusive dance runs throughout the programme, Linden Dance Company’s Keep Moving and FABRIC’s Future Shiftdancers are collaborating to create a new piece – Uplift - that explores empowerment and confidence in owning who you are, choreographed by Sara McQueen and Christopher Radford. Leading UK D/deaf and disabled dance, and Olivier award nominee Mark Smith will present the premiere of their new work SYNERGY produced by Rachael Veazey.

1000 Trades Square over at New Street Station will be transformed by a number of performances over the weekend from Sonia Sabri Company’s Mughal Miniatures – expect a pop-up Indian garden – to No Fit Circus’ Bamboo high impact, outdoor circus and dance with and on bamboo. And if all this dance action gets audiences toes tapping across the whole weekend 24 – 26 August look out for Marshon Dance Company’s Flashmobs happening on the concourse at New Street Station and at pop-up locations throughout the Festival.

Birmingham Weekender 2024 is free to attend and runs from Friday 23 August to Monday 26 August. Read the full programme and plan your weekend here. birminghamhippodrome.com