Dance 2011 with Alesha Dixon's Street Dance Stars
Dance 2011 with Alesha’s Street Dance Stars
Dance fans from across the region are being given the chance to pop, lock and bop their way to a special, free CBBC event at The Lowry, Salford Quays, on Saturday 3rd September, Dance 2011 with Alesha’s Street Dance Stars.
The live dance event will be presented by Alesha Dixon, with Issac “Turbo” Baptiste and the winners of CBBC’s brand new show Alesha’s Street Dance Stars.
Alesha Dixon is swapping salsa and samba for locking and popping for the new series Alesha’s Street Dance Stars, which starts on CBBC this summer. She’s searching for Britain’s most original, entertaining and accomplished young street dancers. The dance crew who win the show will be introduced live by Alesha and perform at the Dance 2011 event at The Lowry in front of a huge audience. CBBC cameras will be there to capture the highlights of the show. Turbo (aka Issac Baptiste) one of the country’s top street dancers and judge on the show will also perform at the event.
As well as getting a chance to see the winners of Alesha’s Street Dance Stars in action, visitors to Dance 2011 can go to free dance workshops throughout the day, provided by some of the best dance teachers in the country. Dancers and education outreach staff from major companies such as Rambert Dance Company, Phoenix Dance Theatre, Company Chameleon, Balletboyz and Candoco dance company will provide workshops for young people, children and families.
There’ll be a freestyle dance stage – and the best dance group/crew that turn up on the day to take part in this Openstage will be picked to perform live on The Lowry’s main stage in front of Alesha before the winners of Alesha’s Street Dance Stars give their headline performance. To register your interest in taking part in the Openstage, email northwestdance@thelowry.org
This full day of FREE dance activity for all the family starts at 12pm and ends with Alesha's Street Dance Stars in the Quays Theatre at 6.15pm (doors open at 6pm). Tickets for the shows and places in the workshops will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis with a limited number of tickets available on the day. For details of all workshops and drop in events, please visit www.The Lowry.com/dance2011. To pre book free tickets to be in the audience and to get a place in a dance workshop call the Box Office on 0843 208 6000.
Dance 2011 with Alesha’s Street Dance Stars is a collaboration between the BBC and The Lowry. It is the latest in a series of events held by BBC North since the BBC moved to its new home in Salford Quays in May, giving people a chance to get closer to some of their most-loved BBC programmes.
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For more information please contact Claire Briscoe in the BBC Children’s press office on 07714 957 093 / claire.briscoe@bbc.co.uk
Notes to Editors:
Issac Baptiste (aka Turbo) is one of the UK’s most versatile street dancers. He recently performed on Sky One’s Got To Dance. Turbo has numerous hip-hop titles to his name, including Stylefest 2010 Champion, House Dance Champion and several Throwdown Champion titles. His credits include working with Madonna, Jamelia, Will Smith, Mis-teeq and Whitney Houston.
About CBBC
CBBC is the BBC’s multiplatform offering for 6-12 year olds bringing the very best drama, entertainment and factual programmes to its young viewers.
CBBC is the most-loved and most-watched channel of children in its target age group. Almost a third of children (6-12) consider it one of their favourites and over a third tune into the CBBC channel each week.
CBBC aims to encourage children to find out more about existing interests and inspire them to develop new ones; helps them understand the world around them and provides an entertaining watch when they just want to relax.
The majority of our output is UK-made, reflecting children’s lives in the UK today. Popular programmes on the channel include Horrible Histories, Deadly 60, The Sarah Jane Adventures and Tracy Beaker Returns as well as long-running favourites Blue Peter and Newsround.
As well as a dedicated channel and website, CBBC also broadcasts every weekday evening on BBC One and every morning on BBC Two. Last year, the CBBC website attracted over 820k weekly unique users.
About The Lowry
The Lowry celebrated its 10th anniversary on 28 April 2010 and has now spent over a decade delighting, engaging and challenging both local and national audiences with the
very best in visual art and performance. The Lowry Centre Trust is a not-for-profit charitable organisation and registered charity (no. 1053962). All income supports our world-class Theatres and Galleries programme, the care and display of the LS Lowry Collection and our life-changing Community and Education work. The Lowry’s Chief Executive, Julia Fawcett (www.thelowry.com/juliafawcett) was awarded an OBE for services to the Arts in the Queen’s 2010 New Year Honours list.
Posted on Monday, 15 August 2011 under News Press Community & Education Press