The UK’s first and only professional wheelchair dance company comes to mac Birmingham on 11 November, with performances from Birmingham’s Freewheelin’ and Montpellier-based guest artist Nathan Waye
Birmingham-based Propel Dance, the UK’s first and only professional wheelchair dance company, is bringing its new show Momentum to mac Birmingham on Wednesday 11 November at 7.30pm.
Following investment from Arts Council England, Momentum is Propel Dance’s biggest tour to date- a dynamic showcase of seven short works that puts professional wheelchair dance centre stage.
Featuring solos, a duet and a quartet, Momentum blends contemporary dance with para dance sport technique to create work that is joyful, powerful and technically exciting.
The Birmingham performance will bring together Propel Dance, local inclusive community dance group Freewheelin’ and Montpellier-based guest artist Nathan Waye, in a varied programme celebrating disability dance at both professional and community level. Freewheelin’ and guest artist Nathan Waye will perform alongside Propel Dance as part of an evening that showcases different voices, styles and experiences of disability dance.
The five-strong Propel Dance company includes returning dancers Rebecca Fowler from Birmingham,and Lauren Russell, alongside new young dancers Katie McConnell, Jay Whitehead, and Poppy Jones who represent the next generation of disabled dance artists.
The company is currently rehearsing for Momentum at Sense and mac Birmingham throughout October, ahead of the tour opening in Nottingham on 4 November and arriving at mac Birmingham the following week.
Propel Dance Co-Directors Helen Mason and Amy Dalton-Hardy said: “We’re incredibly excited to bring Momentum to Birmingham, particularly after spending so much of our rehearsal period here at Sense and mac. Birmingham has such a strong and vibrant inclusive dance community, so having Freewheelin’ take part in the evening and welcoming Nathan Waye as our guest artist makes this performance especially meaningful.
Momentum is about showing the breadth of what professional wheelchair dance can be- it’s athletic, artistic, joyful and powerful. We also want audiences to see the next generation of disabled dancers coming through, alongside established artists, and to experience the energy that comes from putting all of these performers on one stage.”
Propel Dance is the UK’s first and only professional wheelchair dance company and has previously been featured on Channel 4. The company’s work combines contemporary dance and para dance sport techniques, creating ambitious, high-energy performances that challenge perceptions of what wheelchair dance can be.
SEE MOMENTUM IN BIRMINGHAM
Wednesday 11 November 2026, 7.30pm
mac Birmingham
Tickets: £12
Accessible seating is available.
Book at www.propeldance.uk