Urban Moves, Manchester Dance Festival 2010

Alongside the Manchester Jazz Festival running all this week and Manchester’s Literary Festival

there was also a third Festival called ‘Urban Moves’ which featured the work

of 18 UK and international dance companies and performances on last friday till sunday.

I was lucky enough to catch the whole sunday afternoon of contemporary dance that was

on the programme. There were quite a few amazing performances

by professional dance troupes and companies.

Amongst them were Beau Geste , french artist Philippe Priasso who dances a ballet with a 11 stone digger !

The french company from Nice called Antipodes who did an excellent creation of

a ‘Mad Max meets acrobatic travellers’ piece called Ad Libitum which means at one’s pleasure.

Photograph by Richard Corvello.

Also Stride a collective of 9-11 year old boys Rochdale, Tameside and East Manchester.

Working under the guidance of Kevin Turner and Anthony Missen, who make up Company Chameleon,

and work with young men to help them achieve their potential in the world of contemporary dance.

Big thanks to Julian for the use of this clip.