Leicester’s annual dance festival celebrating rich movement cultures of the African and African Caribbean Diaspora.

Where: 8 Bowling Green Street Leicester, LE1 6AT, UK

When: Wednesday 29 April – Saturday 9 May

LDIF26 will feature new work from around the world with over 12 different countries represented including Barbados, Cameroon, Cuba, Gabon, Jamaica, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, South Africa, Martinique, UK, Uganda and USA.
The festival will feature several UK premieres. We celebrate International Dance Day on 29 April with BECOMING by Samwel Japhet. Compagnie Kaméleonite from Martinique present an Océan Brun, a duet of urgency and poignancy reflecting on the impact of environmental change (30 April). New Work: Solos and Duets (1 May) is the inaugural edition of a platform which presents the developing works of emerging artists. Signatures and the Black British Dance Platform (6 May) return to showcase establishing dance practitioners with a mixed bill of UK and international artists. LDIF26 will close with the much- anticipated return of Shamel Pitts | TRIBE and the UK debut of Marks of RED, a multidisciplinary experience that weaves together exquisite performance with bold scenography.
Space for discussion is central to this year’s programme. Alongside the Dance Dialogue seminars, in the Annual Conference (5 May) we welcome an esteemed line up of speakers including Brenda Dixon Gottschild, Shamel Pitts, Julie Felix, Kenneth Tharp, Quentin Sledge and Marlene Myrtil. A new addition to LDIF26 is Yesterday and Tomorrow: Roundtable Discussion and
Dinner (2 May), offering a unique opportunity to reflect on the development and direction of Black British dance through a shared culinary experience curated by Chef Lauren Wilmott. LDIF26 is an invitation to hope, reclaim, reaffirm and reimagine.

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How to register:
Booking for events can be found at https://www.serendipity-uk.com/whats-on/lets-dance-international-frontiers/

Costs for participants: Various

Contact details:
For more information:

email: info@serendipity-uk.com
telephone: +44 (0)116 482 1394

For further information, please visit https://www.serendipity-uk.com/whats-on/lets-dance-international-frontiers/

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