{"id":21120,"date":"2017-11-07T13:07:34","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T13:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=21120"},"modified":"2017-11-07T13:07:34","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T13:07:34","slug":"dance-festival-waltzes-back-cardiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2017\/11\/07\/dance-festival-waltzes-back-cardiff\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival waltzes back to delight dance fans in Cardiff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CARDIFF Dance Festival returns on Wednesday, December 8, for a second stint in the capital.<br \/>\nThe biennial event debuted in 2015, and featured a variety of global dance performances.<br \/>\nThis year, audiences can see Canadian and Indian performances, as well as footwork closer to home from the National Dance Company Wales.<br \/>\nThe festival kicks off with a tickets-only drinks reception at Chapter from 7pm, before a public performance of Wrongheaded by the Irish Liz Roche Company at 8pm.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21121\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21121\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21121\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/uNX8ufUb.jpg-large-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/uNX8ufUb.jpg-large-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/uNX8ufUb.jpg-large-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/uNX8ufUb.jpg-large-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/uNX8ufUb.jpg-large-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/uNX8ufUb.jpg-large.jpg 1023w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21121\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/uNX8ufUb.jpg-large-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/uNX8ufUb.jpg-large-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/uNX8ufUb.jpg-large-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/uNX8ufUb.jpg-large-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/uNX8ufUb.jpg-large-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/uNX8ufUb.jpg-large.jpg 1023w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript> A still from festival opener Wrongheaded<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThis performance will be followed by a panel discussion involving involving artistic director Liz Roche, Basement 21\u2019s Preethi Athreya, and choreographer Marie B\u00e9land from Montr\u00e9al.<br \/>\nThe festival takes place across three Cardiff venues: Chapter, Wales Millennium Centre and Dance House.<br \/>\nA special performance will be staged across the city centre on Friday, November 17.<br \/>\nThe festival has inspired Splott resident Nicki Grierson to attend a dance performance for the first time.<br \/>\n\u201cI booked to see two shows next week and am very much looking forward to seeing something new.\u201d<br \/>\nMs Grierson is most excited about watching CDF: Extremely Bad Dancing to Extremely French Music next week.<br \/>\n\u201cIt sounds very fun and I love a performance that seems a bit off the wall,\u201d she said.<br \/>\nTickets are selling fast, with a number of events sold out.<br \/>\nInformation on performances and tickets can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/dance.wales.\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARDIFF Dance Festival returns on Wednesday, December 8, for a second stint in the capital. 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