HOME is a mass-participation, site-specific, outdoor dance performance taking place on Saturday 17 August as part of Middlesbrough Mela.

Commissioned by Borderlands, Creative People and Places project and produced by TeesDance, HOME is co-created by local people, the performance explores ideas, stories and notions of home and will feature a professional ensemble of dancers and musicians alongside a community cast of local people. The community cast of dancers, singers and musicians will tell their stories, reminiscing memories and traditions from their homeland and expressing what makes Middlesbrough home a place of pride and hope. The audience will be taken on an emotional journey exploring the excitement of starting a new life, tinged with the pain of goodbyes and coming to a mass finale performance built on pride, hope and celebration. Celebrating through dance, music and food, lines will blur between audiences and performers with the opportunity for all to join in.