Ignition Dance Festival proudly presents two fantastically diverse community dance showcase events featuring the brightest and best local dance talent. From street to commercial, contemporary to jazz and ballet to Bollywood, it’s all here in one afternoon – stepping out in style onto the Rose stage! Suitable for all ages and with a professional MC to keep things moving.
Ignition Dance Festival Kingston
Featuring BalletBoyz and New English Ballet Theatre
Ignition Dance Festival opens on Wednesday 3 June, 7.30pm, at the Rose Theatre with a showcase of outstanding new work from six choreographers working in the UK and internationally. Selected from a national competition, the line-up promises an evening of breathtaking dance from award-winning and notable new talent across contemporary, ballet and commercial dance styles.
With guest performances by the sensational BalletBoyz and the trail-blazing New English Ballet Theatre, this is the only night when this extraordinary talent will share the same stage.
Johnny Autin (National Conservatoire of Dance, Poitiers)
Patricia Okenwa (Rambert Dance Company)
Neus Gil Cortès (Hofesh Shechter Company)
John Ross (Matthew Bourne New Adventures Choreographer Award)
Kate Zamira Mummery (The Place and Northern School of Contemporary Dance)
Antoine Marc (Choreographer to Choreographer Award, Akram Khan Dance
Company)
Ignition Dance Festival Kingston

Kingston Dance festival
Featuring BalletBoyz and New English Ballet Theatre
Ignition Dance Festival opens on Wednesday 3 June, 7.30pm, at the Rose Theatre with a showcase of outstanding new work from six choreographers working in the UK and internationally. Selected from a national competition, the line-up promises an evening of breathtaking dance from award-winning and notable new talent across contemporary, ballet and commercial dance styles.
With guest performances by the sensational BalletBoyz and the trail-blazing New English Ballet Theatre, this is the only night when this extraordinary talent will share the same stage.
Johnny Autin (National Conservatoire of Dance, Poitiers)
Patricia Okenwa (Rambert Dance Company)
Neus Gil Cortès (Hofesh Shechter Company)
John Ross (Matthew Bourne New Adventures Choreographer Award)
Kate Zamira Mummery (The Place and Northern School of Contemporary Dance)
Antoine Marc (Choreographer to Choreographer Award, Akram Khan Dance Company)
Ignition Dance showcase
