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Let's Dance International Frontiers Let's Dance International Frontiers celebrates International Day of Dance, launching each year on 29 April. It is produced by Serendipity

Launching each year on 29 April, to celebrate International Dance Day, LDIF brings diversity to the forefront in dance with a two week festival showcasing new work from local emerging talent to internationally acclaimed companies.

15/05/2026

A look back at Let's Dance International Frontiers 2026 (LDIF26)

The sixteenth edition of LDIF26 featured 64 artists, representing 15 countries including Barbados, Brazil, Cameroon, Cuba, France, Gabon, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, UK, USA and Zimbabwe.

Over 11 days the festival showcased seven world premieres and five UK premieres taking place across three venues in Leicester City Centre. By exploring the theme Reimaging Tomorrow: New Work, Afrofuturism and Technology, LDIF26 shined with an eclectic programme of dynamic performances, discussion, masterclasses and networking opportunities.

Join us for Let's Dance International Frontiers 2027 and save the date!
29 April - 8 May 2027

Keep an eye out on our social media and newsletters for programme announcements and be amongst the first to book your tickets for LDIF27 when tickets go live.

Video credits: Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage and Leesha Williams, Onyx Branding Co.

As we come to the close of another fantastic programme for Let's Dance International Frontiers 2026, join us for one fin...
09/05/2026

As we come to the close of another fantastic programme for Let's Dance International Frontiers 2026, join us for one final performance of Marks of RED by Shamel Pitts | TRIBE.

Marks of RED is an Afrofuturistic meditation on the “womb space,” divining the effect that memory has on our experiences, senses, bodies, reality, and our imaginative possibilities.

The work perfectly culminates the LDIF26 theme of Reimagining Tomorrow: New Work, Afrofuturism and Technology, exploring Black embodiment, aliveness and human connection.

Book Now: https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0v98_Q0

08/05/2026

We are very excited to be hosting the international premiere of Shamel Pitts | TRIBE's Marks of RED at Curve, Leicester tonight for Let's Dance International Frontiers 2026.

A work of magical realism narrated by and featuring the viewpoints of six women, Marks of RED continues award-winning choreographer Shamel Pitts’ research exploring Black embodiment, aliveness and human connection.

This is not to be missed.

Book Now: https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0v8KD60

Taking place this evening, New Work: Solos and Duets presents emerging Black artists from the UK and internationally. E...
01/05/2026

Taking place this evening, New Work: Solos and Duets presents emerging Black artists from the UK and internationally. Each artist presents a bold new work that challenges form, resists respectability and offers fresh vocabularies of movement. Together, they explore rage, ancestry, vulnerability, voice and communal breath charting a course towards new possibilities in dance and performance.

Featuring:
• Unspoken Queens choreographed by Charly Mintya and performed by Claire Nadine Mintya
• Black Bord choreographed and performed by Holly Francis
• EN-CORPS by Faustin Arnauld Ntoutoume Ndong
• Family Honour by Kwame Asafo-Adeji | Spoken Movement
• I See You, You See Me choreographed by Dak Mashava and performed by Conn Williams and Theo Canham-Spence

The performances will be followed by a Q&A with the artists.

Don't miss out and book your tickets today by visiting: https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0t_FKF0

Tomorrow we celebrate International Dance Day and the Launch of Let's Dance International Frontiers 2026 (LDIF26)Today t...
28/04/2026

Tomorrow we celebrate International Dance Day and the Launch of Let's Dance International Frontiers 2026 (LDIF26)

Today the spotlight shines on Sonje by Lauryn Pinard which will feature in the LDIF26 Launch programme.

Sonje is an intimate excavation of embodied eloquence. Lauryn Pinard steps deeper into intention, allowing herself to become a portal through which movement speaks and listens. The call is inward, but the answer resounds outward.

If you have not done so already, check out the full LDIF26 festival programme by visiting: https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0tjk4Z0

Image credit: Lauryn Pinard by Lidia Crisafulli.

The Launch of Let's Dance International Frontiers 2026 takes place in just two days time.Today we highlight Dance Dialog...
27/04/2026

The Launch of Let's Dance International Frontiers 2026 takes place in just two days time.

Today we highlight Dance Dialogues particularly Celebrating 40 Years of Black Solidarity: People Dancing taking place on Saturday 9 May.

People Dancing is the development organisation and membership body for community and participatory dance, driving forward inclusion and excellence through training, qualifications, resources and publications, specialist programmes and networks. Its work supports a global network of 7,500+ members, committed to making dance opportunities diverse, equitable and accessible for everyone.

2026 marks People Dancing's fortieth anniversary and this event will celebrate a rich legacy of driving excellence in community dance practice, supporting practitioners from the African and African Caribbean Diaspora and paving the way for intersectional participatory dance.

Saturday 9 May 2026
2.30pm - 4.30pm
Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage
£15

Book your tickets and find out more about the rest of the Dance Dialogues programme by visiting: https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0tjhqb0

Image credit: photography by Mark Anderson, People Dancing Summer School.

Just three days to go until the Launch of Let's Dance International Frontiers 2026.Today's spotlight shines on Sending U...
26/04/2026

Just three days to go until the Launch of Let's Dance International Frontiers 2026.

Today's spotlight shines on Sending Up My Timber choreographed by Alexandria Davis which will feature in Signatures and the Black British Dance Platform on Wednesday 6 May.

Sending Up My Timber draws from the Black American blues and gospel tradition, referring to the construction of a heavenly home through good deeds, faith and prayer. What technologies of spiritual communion have supported Black communities throughout history, and how might they influence access and the construction of a collective future when material conditions restrict our access to one another?

Wednesday 6 May 2026
7.45pm
Curve Studio
£20 | £10

Find out more about the rest of the Signatures and the Black British Dance Platform programme by visiting: https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0tjg_S0

Image credit: Alexandria Davis photographed by Amaya Skeene.

Four days to go until the Launch of Let's Dance International Frontiers 2026.Today we are highlighting the UK premiere o...
25/04/2026

Four days to go until the Launch of Let's Dance International Frontiers 2026.

Today we are highlighting the UK premiere of BECOMING by Samwel Japhet which will feature during the LDIF26 Launch event.

BECOMING: From the Streets to Now is an autobiographical work reflecting on the ten years since Samwel Japhet's journey from a child on the streets of Tanzania to performing on stages around the world. The work is layered with the complexities of emotion, memory and personal growth by examining what it means to develop in challenging environments, confront societal norms and find a new home. BECOMING is not just a record of Japhet's tenacity but a testament to overcoming adversity, finding belonging and reclaiming one's story.

The LDIF26 Launch has now sold out but we welcome you to explore the rest of the festival programme by visiting https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0th_dB0

Image credit: Samwel Japhet photographed by Jimmy Mathias.

As part of the LDIF+ Masterclass series, Founder and Artistic Director of TRIBE, Shamel Pitts will be leading an Afrofut...
24/04/2026

As part of the LDIF+ Masterclass series, Founder and Artistic Director of TRIBE, Shamel Pitts will be leading an Afrofuturism Embodied movement workshop. The class explores developing physical efficiency and proficiency, expressive range and clarity through creative prompts.

Pitts describes the class as an opportunity to examine and experience embodied movement sources, dynamics, speed, rhythm, groove and aliveness within stillness, while incorporating visualisation to discover our unique individual expression through dancing in a communal space.

By booking onto the Afrofuturism Embodied class, participants will receive a discounted ticket code to book tickets to the performance of Marks of RED on Saturday 9 May 2026 at 7.45pm.

Book your tickets today and visit: https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0tPWnm0

Today marks five days to go until the launch of Let's Dance International Frontiers 2026.Today we shine a spotlight on M...
24/04/2026

Today marks five days to go until the launch of Let's Dance International Frontiers 2026.

Today we shine a spotlight on Marks of RED by Shamel Pitts | TRIBE taking place at Curve Friday 8 - Saturday 9 May.

Told through the perspectives of six women, Marks of RED is a work of magical realism and the fourth chapter in Pitts' RED Series. The piece meditates on the "womb space" as a site of memory, rupture and potential, exploring how histories shape our senses, bodies and imaginative possibilities.

This multidisciplinary experience weaves together exquisite performance with bold scenography by Mimi Lien, projection and light design by Lucca Del Carlo and original music composition by Sivan Jacobovitz. Together, the artists of TRIBE create a world that is both visceral and transcendent, where Black embodiment and aliveness are explored in all their nuance and multiplicity.

Friday 8 - Saturday 9 May 2026
7.45pm
Curve Studio
£22.50 - £10

Find out more and book your tickets today by visiting: https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0th_7Y0

Image credit: TRIBE in Marks of RED photographed by Alex Apt.

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