THE BIG DAY
All events are free
CAPRICHO
Cathedral Gates (opposite the Mitre Hotel)
12.00PM, 3.00PM
Also in Bury, Friday 21 July at 3.00pm Town Centre
DANCE THEATRE PERFORMANCE - SPAIN/CATALONIA
Spain’s leading exponents of open air dance present Capricho, a story conceived on a rooftop in Barcelona’s Gothic quarter in the midst of a summer drought. From the ancient, everyday rites carried out by water bearing women and contemporary Mediterranean rooftop life, comes a surprising piece boasting quite a bit of water and some subtle humour!
Lezartikal
MOI MOI
Exchange Square
1.45PM, 4.30PM
Also in Bury, Friday 21 July at 1.00pm Town Centre
WALL DANCE PERFORMANCE - FRANCE
A duet on a climbing wall combining dance and acrobatics, Moi Moi is a romantic chase in an upside down world where hands are feet and vertical is horizontal. Or is it the other way round?…
Freedom In Dance
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? OR 'IN DA HOOD'
Exchange Square
12.30PM, 2.15PM, 5.00PM
CROSS GENERATION PERFORMANCE - BRITAIN
Urban hoodie teenagers and children meet suburban grandmas! Specially commissioned for the festival this is a witty and humourous piece with local people aged 8 - 68 performing a mix of street dance and tea dance glitz. Choreographed by Resonance Dance.
Exchange Square Big Screen
Showing from 9.30AM – 10.15AM 11-00AM - 12.00PM 12.45PM - 1.30PM
5.15PM- 6.15PM
Showing from 9.30AM – 10.15AM 11-00AM - 12.00PM 12.45PM - 1.30PM
5.15PM- 6.15PM
Facedance recording from 11AM
SHORT FILMS - BRITAIN
What is a Facedance? It's dancing with your face, of course! Everyone listens to music and dances in their head and Facedances are video portraits of people from all and any walks of life listening and dancing with their faces to their favourite pieces of music. Throughout the day the Big Screen will show the Facedances of the people of Greater Manchester filmed by Jonathan Stone. Bring along a CD to the information stall in Exchange Square to record your very own Facedance and watch yourself appear on screen above the crowds later on!
Facedances celebrates the expressive power of the face and the everyday uniqueness of us all, high brow, eyebrow and low brow included! Watch out for the other Facedance monitors throughout the city…
The Facedance House is kindly sponsored by Habitat
Facedances celebrates the expressive power of the face and the everyday uniqueness of us all, high brow, eyebrow and low brow included! Watch out for the other Facedance monitors throughout the city…
The Facedance House is kindly sponsored by Habitat
The Glo.Bal
Presented by Lanternhouse International
Cathedral Gardens
7.30PM – 10.30PM
A GREAT BIG DANCE PARTY! - WORLD
Glo.Bal is a full on participative outdoor dance extravaganza for all ages, abilities and musical tastes. Bal- publique, meets club meets 21st century barn dance. A band, DJ, caller and two dance demonstrators teach you salsa, tango, rumba, trance, bollywood, african, jazz and many others - then it’s up to you. Ask someone to dance, wait coyly to be asked yourself or get that hand-bag on the floor and start shaking. Anglo-Dutch band Salt bring latin grooves, brass and a wicked sense of fun. You shall go to the ball…
PARTNER EVENTS
Greater Manchester Carnival
presented by Brouhaha International
Parade from Albert Square 1.00PM, St Ann's Square 1.15PM
Performances Cathedral Gardens 2.00PM, Exchange Square 2.30PM
Performances Cathedral Gardens 2.00PM, Exchange Square 2.30PM
CARNIVAL - WORLD
Featuring hundreds of local participants along with dance and dancers from Spain, Turkey, Cape Verde, Tunisia, Trinidad, Reunion Island, Germany, Costa Rica, Palestine, Portugal and Martinique!
BBC
The Big Dance Class 11.00AM – 12.40PM
Cathedral Gardens & BBC TV and Radio
LIVE DANCE ON AIR - BRITAIN
Live on BBC Radio all over the country, 2000 people at a time in different cities will dance to the same tune by following a class live on the air. Be one of Manchester’s 2000, come on down!
In the evening a special BBC programme, Dancing in the Streets, will take a look at the Big Dance events across England and include live coverage of a mass dance spectacular from Trafalgar Square, London.
A huge attempt to break world records in dance and get the nation dancing together as never before!
In the evening a special BBC programme, Dancing in the Streets, will take a look at the Big Dance events across England and include live coverage of a mass dance spectacular from Trafalgar Square, London.
A huge attempt to break world records in dance and get the nation dancing together as never before!
The Bigger Picture Collective Rhythm : Dance, Moves and Rhythmic Experiments
Exchange Square
Showing from
10.15 – 11.00AM
12.00 – 12.45PM
1.30 – 5.15PM
6.15 – 7.00PM
DANCE FILMS - WORLD
10.15 – 11.00AM
12.00 – 12.45PM
1.30 – 5.15PM
6.15 – 7.00PM
DANCE FILMS - WORLD
The Big Screen in the square will also show a series of dance films presented by The Bigger Picture (Cornerhouse). A diverse range of dance and movement inspired film will include work from the Film Collection of the Arts Council of England, and from Rachel Davies, Susan Pui San Lok, Shelley Love and Rob Vale to name but a few. Also screened will be work selected via The Bigger Picture’s Open Submission round in May of this year.
…AND IN BURY ON FRIDAY 21 JULY
Lezartikal perform at 1.00pm Town Centre
Senza Tempo perform at 3.00pm Town Centre
