The dance community have something to look forward, with the announcement of the 19th edition of the Julidans International Dance Festival this summer, according to their official website;

Julidans will be taking place from Wednesday 1 to Saturday 11 July inclusive. We now know the first names and we won’t leave you in the dark any longer.

Since the 14th March and carrying on right through until the 29th, Saddler’s Wells hosts an exciting festival of Spanish dancing. Here, Jan Fairley from the Guardian discusses two of the performers; their strength as they rose to become two of the most influential Flamenco dancers in a country that not so long ago, was extensively dominated by male influences.

If you’re into dance and living in the Bath area, now is the time to start preparing for the Bath Dance Festival 2009, the latest news from their official website states that;

With two months to go, early-bird tickets have just been released for the main events of the dance festival weekend. See the tickets section for details of how to get hold of these, set to be in demand over this busy weekend.