Momentum for Wheelchair Dance Company

The UK’s first and only professional wheelchair dance company is to bring seven powerful short works to audiences across the Midlands and beyond.

Birmingham-based Propel Dance has announced a new autumn tour of Momentum, a landmark showcase celebrating the power, artistry and excitement of disability dance.

Following £54,931 of investment from Arts Council England, Propel Dance will tour Momentum to four venues from November 2026 to February 2027, in what will be the company’s biggest tour to date.

Featuring seven short works, Momentum brings together solos, duets and a quartet in a dynamic programme that showcases the full range of Propel Dance’s talent, blending contemporary dance with para dance sport technique to create work that is athletic, artistic and unmissable.

The tour will open at Fletchers Theatre, Nottingham College on November 4, before visiting mac Birmingham on 11 November 11, the Terry O’Toole Theatre in North Hykeham, Lincolnshire on December 5, and Warwick Arts Centre on February 19, 2027.

Each performance of Momentum will be unique. Alongside Propel Dance’s five company members, the programme will feature a guest professional disabled artist, while a local inclusive or community dance group at each venue will perform a curtain raiser ahead of the main show.

The tour also marks an exciting moment for the development of the company. Returning company members include Rebecca Fowler from Birmingham and Lauren Russell from Leicestershire, joined by Jay Whitehead, Poppy Jones, and Katie McConnell, three new young dancers representing the next generation of disabled dance artists.

“Momentum feels like a really important moment for Propel Dance,” said Co-Directors Helen Mason and Amy Dalton-Hardy.

“This is our biggest tour to date and a chance to bring together everything that makes the company so exciting - incredible professional dancers, bold and ambitious choreography, emerging young talent and the communities we work with around the country.

“We want every performance to feel like a celebration. The work is joyful, powerful and full of energy, but what makes this tour particularly special is that every venue will also welcome a guest disabled artist and a local community group to the stage. We’re incredibly proud to be creating space for more disabled dancers, at every stage of their journey, and we can’t wait to share Momentum with audiences”.

TOUR DATES

Tuesday November 4, 2026, 7.30pm

Fletchers Theatre, Nottingham College

Tuesday November 11, 2026, 7.30pm

mac Birmingham

Friday December 5, 2026, 7.30pm

Terry O’Toole Theatre, North Hykeham, Lincolnshire

Friday February 19, 2027, 7.30pm

Warwick Arts Centre

TICKETS

Tickets are £12, with accessible seating available. Book via Propel Dance’s website: www.propeldance.uk