One of the North-East’s most celebrated festivals has received a £30,000 grant to create and deliver a brand-new theatrical experience for audiences in Tees Valley and County Durham. The Billingham International Folklore Festival of World Dance (BIFF) has received support through Arts Council England’s National Lottery...
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Love was really in the air when a Billingham teacher met the future love of her life after working as an interpreter for the annual Folklore Festival. Wendy Batby [née Harding] of Billingham, a French teacher at Manor College of Technology in Hartlepool was put forward...
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A successful Hartlepool-based creative producer, teacher and artist has said her 40-year affiliation with the arts was inspired by a lifechanging childhood adventure with the Billingham International Folklore Festival of World Dance (BIFF). Vicky Jackson, Founder and Managing Director of Jack of Hearts and Co-Director of...
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A 75-year-old grandma from Saltburn has opened a photographic window that celebrates the life and times of a much-loved dance-theatre festival…marking its 60th anniversary this summer. Maggie Gee, a retired musician and tutor, has unearthed a wonderful collection of memorabilia documenting several wonderful years of the...
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