Girls in Dance Festival 2025

The first ever Girls in Dance Festival is a festival for girls aged 13-18 years who enjoy dancing to get inspired, empowered, learn about leadership and be part of a community of like-minded girls!

The Girls in Dance Festival offers girls a safe space to connect, grow and be yourselves, using dance as a transformative tool in that journey. It will be an oppurtunity to have fun, learn about careers in dance, and learn skills to become change makers in your personal and future professional lives.

WHERE? Midlands Arts Centre in Birmingham
WHEN? Monday 28th July, 10:30am-4:30pm
WHO? Our charity is an inclusive space: this event is open to self-identified girls, 13-18 years old. Any girl who enjoys dancing in any capacity is welcome.

Curated and organised by AWA DANCE, this is a unique in-person event that celebrates girls' futures with:

• dance workshops (k-pop, bharatanatyam and more)
• interactive stalls
• Stands to buy items
• Professional role models from leading organisations and individuals
• and more, to inspire the next generation of girls through the power of dance.

In May 2025 we will share the list of dance workshops. You will be able to sign up in advance to the dance workshops you want to attend.
IMPORTANT TO KNOW

• Ticket price is for the whole day from 10.30 to 4.30pm, and includes a goodie bag
• Lunch is included in the price of the ticket, and will be provided by Midlands Arts Centre

• Parents/accompanying adults are not allowed, apart from specific circumstances (e.g. if you require it for accessibility purposes). Only the AWA DANCE volunteer team and community leaders that bring a group are allowed in the festival areas
• All our team and volunteers are safeguarding trained
• Everyone involved in the Festival (including team, volunteers, guests, teachers, etc) will be women.
• Please make sure you answer all the questions during the booking process, or you won't receive the tickets.
  Groups of 4+ get a 20% discount per ticket.
  We also offer 'pay what you can' tickets, to include anyone who might want to participate. If you would like this option, please email [email protected] (no questions asked).
  Read more about the programme for the day on our . We will keep updating it with more information.
  F.A.Q.
  Is the Girls in Dance Festival accessible?
  You can find all the information on the accessibility of the Midlands Arts Centre here.
  We will also have a quiet chill-out room you can use if you are experiencing sensory overload and need to step away from the crowd.
  If you need an adult to accompany you in order to access the Festival, we are happy to accommodate it. Please email [email protected] to discuss further.
  We will ask you to give us any details about your access requirements in the booking form and we will do our best to accommodate them. If you would like to discuss you access needs with us in more detail, please email [email protected].
  What do I need to bring to the Festival?
  If you would like to take part to our dance workshops, we recommend that you wear comfortable clothing and shoes.
  Some stalls will be selling products, so we suggest you bring some money with you if you would like to make purchases.
  Lunch is included in the price of the ticket. We suggest you bring a water bottle that you can fill up throughout the day at our water stations.
  What Health & Safety measures are you putting in place?
  We are constantly working and reviewing our Health & Safety measures with our expert consultants. Please find below some of the measures we are enforcing to ensure the safety of the girls attending the Girls in Dance Festival:

• A Safeguarding Lead will be on site for the whole event
• Our team of staff and volunteers all have enhanced DBS checks and safeguarding training. Everyone who is part of the Festival will be briefed with our Safeguarding rules and policy.
• As part of our booking process, we ask ticket holders to tell us their accessibility needs, medical conditions and allergies, and the details of two emergency contacts.
• Everyone involved in the Festival (including team, volunteers, guests, teachers, etc) will be women.
  Any questions not listed here? Please contact [email protected].
  We will keep updating this section and our website with more information.

Host or Publisher AWA DANCE