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In Spring 2008 Oxford City Council, Oxford Dance Forum, Oxford Playhouse, and Pegasus Theatre organised a second successful Dance Festival for Oxford and the region – Dancin' Oxford 2008.
Dancin' Oxford 2009
Building on the city's evergrowing reputation for vibrant, high-quality dance and choreography, DANCIN' OXFORD 2009 will offer even greater opportunites to experience inspiring dance activity for anyone, from the keen enthusiast to those completely new to dance. It will provide an opportunity for participants to actively engage in high quality dance, through an exciting programme of participatory activity and a performance programme featuring leading local, national and international dance artists. It will also profile the work of Oxford-based youth and community dance groups.
A host of participatory dance activities will include the ever popular weekend 'Dance-A-Thon', an opportunity to try out as many styles as possible over two fun-packed days of taster dance workshops.
A Festival Pass will be available in the Autumn (details on the Dancin' Oxford website), encouraging customers to attend a range of events and offering significant ticket and workshop discounts and regular updates and insight into the Festival. The Festival will also offer a series of talks by leading figures in the field of dance.
Special Festival events for the Oxford Dance Forum
Building on last year's events at Modern Art Oxford and the SAID Business School - watch out for more exciting collaborations in the gallery and another exciting site-specifc project.....Watch this space!!
About the first dance festival - Dancin' Oxford 2007
Jamie Watton, Dance Officer at Arts Council England, SE quoted "We are delighted to support the development of the Oxford Dance Festival. Oxford City Council has demonstrated a visionary approach to dance development, resulting in a vibrant community of dance professionals who are creating high quality work for the benefit of audiences in Oxford and beyond. The Festival promises to be a wonderful addition to the city's cultural calendar, providing opportunities for people to take part in a diverse range dance work"For full Dancin' Oxford 2009 programme details and tickets for all events - visit the Dancin' Oxford 2009 website Dancin' Oxford 2009 or e-mail dance@oxford.gov.uk
(Festival passes will be available in early Autumn from both the Oxford Playhouse and Pegasus Box Offices)