ACE dance and music is a national touring dance company based in Birmingham UK. We are an internationally recognised leader in the field of Contemporary African and Caribbean Dance. Our signature style is Afro-fusion - dance which is rooted in traditional forms yet expressed through a purely contemporary lens.
We offer a full range of bespoke education and outreach programmes, deliver in-house studio-based dance classes and choreographic workshops at our Birmingham studio, and play host to ACE Youth - our youth dance company, with its own independent reputation for excellence.
We offer a full range of bespoke education and outreach programmes, deliver in-house studio-based dance classes and choreographic workshops at our Birmingham studio, and play host to ACE Youth - our youth dance company, with its own independent reputation for excellence.
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Founded in 1996, ACE dance and music is a national and international touring dance company. Although firmly rooted in our home city of Birmingham, we have a global perspective and are universally recognised leaders in the field of Contemporary African and Caribbean Dance. Our signature style is rooted in traditional Afro-fusion forms - yet expressed through a purely contemporary lens.
Ian co-founded ACE dance and music in 1997 with his wife Gail and has been instrumental in ensuring that the company remains true to its core vision of placing dance at the centre of all they do.
Ian's role has a number of key responsibilities that drive ACE's development, ranging from fulfilling the company vision with the help of the board of directors, ensuring sustainability and growth, and working to ensure budgetary control of current projects while fundraising for future core and capital projects.
Ian's role has a number of key responsibilities that drive ACE's development, ranging from fulfilling the company vision with the help of the board of directors, ensuring sustainability and growth, and working to ensure budgetary control of current projects while fundraising for future core and capital projects.
ACE dance and music are recognised leaders in the field of Contemporary African and Caribbean Dance. We perform and tour extensively both in our home city of Birmingham, nationally and internationally. We place dance at the heart of everything we do and have evolved a signature style that is a fusion of African and Caribbean movement blended with contemporary technique, digital media and skills from other disciplines including theatre.
After graduating from the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in 1996 with a BA Degree, Gail worked for Kokuma Dance Company, before founding ACE dance and music with husband Ian Parmel in 1996. Her career in dance and choreography spans two action packed decades, including 16 years as a choreographer, creating 10 successful touring productions with ACE dance and music.
There are a number of different opportunities to see members of ACE dance and music perform. We tour our professional productions to venues in our home city of Birmingham and nationally and internationally. Our next professional tour will be Autumn 2019. Please leave your details and permission to email you and as soon as details are released you will be amongst the first to know.
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Roger S.
May 23, 2019
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