{"id":322514,"date":"2025-08-06T12:45:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T12:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/322514\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T12:45:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T12:45:18","slug":"a-huge-free-street-dance-battle-is-kicking-off-in-birmingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/322514\/","title":{"rendered":"A Huge, FREE Street Dance Battle Is Kicking Off In Birmingham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"Red Bull Dance Your Style competitors in front of Library of Birmingham\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Red-Bull-Dance-Your-Style-Birmingham_Credit-Red-Bull-Content-Pool-Photographer-Leo-Frances-1024x683..jpeg\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit: Leo Frances<\/p>\n<p>From bhangra to hip hop, voguing, or even dad dancing, we all have our own special way of moving. This <a href=\"https:\/\/secretbirmingham.com\/things-to-do-birmingham-weekend\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretbirmingham.com\/things-to-do-birmingham-weekend\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_0\" data-category=\"click_internal\">weekend<\/a>, you can take part in the ultimate expression of dance, with Birmingham set to host the <strong>Red Bull Dance Your Style UK final<\/strong>\u2014as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/secretbirmingham.com\/free-things-to-do-birmingham\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretbirmingham.com\/free-things-to-do-birmingham\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_1\" data-category=\"click_internal\">free<\/a> dance workshops and a <strong>special performance from Panjabi MC<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>world\u2019s biggest street dance battle<\/strong>, where the crowd decides the winner, will take place in <strong>Centenary Square on Saturday, August 9<\/strong>. Only the very best will advance to the next round, the World Finals in Los Angeles this October. This fance-off includes <strong>local dancer, Bella Chieza<\/strong>, who earned a place at the final as a wildcard entry. <\/p>\n<p> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18330\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"A dance battle happening at Red Bull Dance Your Style\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Red-Bull-Dance-Your-Style-2024_Credit-Red-Bull-Content-Pool-Photographer-Amy-Heycock-2.jpg\"\/>Credit: Amy Heycock <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBirmingham always shows huge appreciation and support for the arts, so I have absolutely no doubt they\u2019ll love the event and feel a sense of pride in it being hosted in their city!\u201d Bella said. \u201cI\u2019m from nearby Wolverhampton, and the scene there is quite small but precious and growing, especially now compared to what was available when I first started dancing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Outside of the competition, Red Bull is bringing a series of free dance performances and workshops to the day\u2014including <strong>voguing, krumping, and hip-hop<\/strong>. Widely considered to be the home of British Bhangra, Birmingham will also host a <strong>Bhangra workshop and performance showcase<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18331\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Panjabi MC\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Panjabi-MC_Credit-Red-Bull-Content-Pool-Photographer-Mark-Roe-3.jpg\"\/>Credit: Mark Roe <\/p>\n<p>The West Midlands\u2019 very own Panjabi MC will also <strong>perform a special half-time set<\/strong>, including his international hit song \u201cMundian To Bach Ke\u201d, which was used in the winning performance from last year\u2019s Red Bull Dance Your Style World Final in Mumbai. Panjabi MC will perform several of his hits at the competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really honoured to be involved with Red Bull as they bring this epic dance event to the Midlands,\u201d said Panjabi MC. \u201c I think it\u2019s amazing to include Bhangra dance in this \u2013 Bhangra music is all about dancing. This, combined with krump, hip-hop, popping, all the different styles, it\u2019s going to be cool to see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <b>Red Bull Dance Your Style schedule:<\/b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18332\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"A dance battle happening at Red Bull Dance Your Style\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Red-Bull-Dance-Your-Style-2024_Credit-Red-Bull-Content-Pool-Photographer-Amy-Heycock.jpg\"\/>Credit: Amy Heycock <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>12 pm \u2013 Vogue workshop with Queerside<\/li>\n<li>1 pm \u2013 Bhangra workshop &amp; showcase<\/li>\n<li>3 pm \u2013 Krump workshop with Pheelia<\/li>\n<li>4 pm \u2013 Hip Hop workshop with Korintha<\/li>\n<li>7 pm \u2013 Crew battles<\/li>\n<li>6:30 pm \u2013 Red Bull Dance Your Style UK final<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To get your FREE tickets and learn more about the workshops head <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redbull.com\/gb-en\/events\/red-bull-dance-your-style-uk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.redbull.com\/gb-en\/events\/red-bull-dance-your-style-uk\" data-action=\"text_cta_2\" data-category=\"click_non_sales\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Leo Frances From bhangra to hip hop, voguing, or even dad dancing, we all have our own&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":322515,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16345,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-322514","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-hip-hop","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114981891214319178","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}