Dance rhythms at WOMAD this summer

Posted on June 15, 2015

This year’s World of Music, Arts and Dance Festival (WOMAD) will be held from July 24 to 26. With a dedicated All Singing All Dancing Tent, and activities from a luxury spa to the vintage rides of Carter’s Original Steam Fair, it’s a feast of culture.

The music line-up is full of dance rhythms, from samba singer Dona Onete to tango orchestra Orquesta Tipica Fernández Fierro and electro-jazz dance group the Correspondents.

This year, the popular All Singing All Dancing Tent will include early-bird yoga sessions, sabar dance lessons, Japanese taiko drumming and more. To book tickets, visit www.womad.co.uk or call 0118 960 6060.

Photograph: Suzie M Blake

Nicola Rayner

Nicola Rayner was editor of Dance Today from 2010 to 2015. She has written for a number of publications including The Guardian, The Independent and Time Out Buenos Aires, where she cut her teeth as a dance journalist working on the tango section. Today she continues to dance everything from ballroom to breakdance, with varying degrees of success. Her debut novel, The Girl Before You, was published last year in paperback, ebook and audiobook.