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The Alhambra warms up for its first dance season

Alvin Ailey's American Dance Theater perform Revelations

8:15am Thursday 16th August 2007

The party of excited dance students sitting in the row in front of me said it all. "So that's decided, we're going for a curry afterwards. When you're visiting Bradford you can't not have a curry."

Dancers aim for a Bolly good show

Salma Zaman with some of the youngsters at her academy

11:27am Thursday 2nd August 2007

Bollywood dancers from around the region will be gathering at Little Germany theatre The Priestley next month to battle it out at a championships event.

Bollywood Steps What's On

8:06am Thursday 7th June 2007

Also taking place in Bradford is: A city centre Bollywood Bazaar running from today to Saturday. More than 40 stalls selling Indian food, fashion, jewellery, accessories and textiles, coupled with street entertainment. Asian fashions will be jostling for attention with West African crafts, skin-care products from Ireland, and Sri Lankan chutneys.

City’s starring role in Bolly extravaganza

Bollywood Steps

8:03am Thursday 7th June 2007

Boy meets girl, boy courts girl, boy fights for girl, boy dances with girl and eventually boy marries girl. And it all unfolds against a backdrop of dance, music, 30ft water fountains, explosions and 140 costumes.

Best foot forward for Hi Veld

5:30pm Wednesday 21st March 2007

Hi Veld Theatre Company's Swift Foot Home is a synthesis of live dance, poetry and video installation by South African choreographer Lucy Hind.

Duo add dash of romance

Coppelia

5:44pm Wednesday 14th March 2007

The Russian Classical Ballet will be in Bradford this month, performing much-loved ballet Coppelia.

Flying high and caught and in the act

5:14pm Wednesday 7th March 2007

Frozen in flight, caught and pinned down in suspended animation - the Australian Dance Theatre presents dance like you've never seen it before.

A leap of faith for Alhambra

11:23am Thursday 15th February 2007

An exciting new dance season, ranging from a startling blend of movement and photography to a classical adaptation of a Shakespeare tragedy, will be presented at the Alhambra this year.

Beauty dances into the future

A Sleeping Beauty

6:00am Friday 9th February 2007

Northern Ballet Theatre's new production brings a science fiction twist to the fairytale A Sleeping Beauty.

Dancing on after broken neck

9:11am Monday 3rd April 2006

De-Napoli Clarke had a promising career as a professional dancer and choreographer ahead of him when a vicious assault left him with a broken neck.

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