MFC x TeesDance Performance | October 2026TeesDance has partnered with Middlesbrough Football Club to create a large-scale mass participation dance performance on the pitch at the Riverside Stadium — as part of MFC's 150th anniversary celebrations.
Dance
at the Riverside.
34,000
fans in the stadium
300+
performers on the pitch
150
years of MFC
- WHAT IS THIS?
A once a life time celebration.
Middlesbrough Football Club turns 150 in 2026. To mark the occasion, they've partnered with TeesDance to create something extraordinary.
Hundreds of dancers from across the Tees Valley
Young people from youth groups, primary schools and dance schools, alongside older adults and community groups — will perform an original mass participation dance on the pitch at the Riverside Stadium, opening a home game in October 2026.
Original choreography. Original music.
All created by incredible talent from right here in the Tees Valley.
This is the biggest project in TeesDance's history. And it's happening right here, at home.
Made in the Tees Valley.
PRODUCED BY
TeesDance
FUNDED BY
Arts Council England
PARTNERED WITH
Middlesbrough FC
ORIGINAL MUSIC
Tom Powell from Tees Valley Music Services
A large-scale mass participation dance performance created for Middlesbrough Football Club's 150th anniversary celebrations. Produced by TeesDance, funded by Arts Council England and supported by Tees Valley Music Service, the project will bring local dancers and communities together to celebrate Middlesbrough's identity, creativity and football heritage.
- THE TEAM
Lead artists.
Tom Powell
Composer
Choreographer
Jenny Chrisp
Hannah Wintie-Hawkins
Choreographer
Zach Healey
Choreographer
Teissy Easton
Dance artist
Dance artist
Debbie Harbin
Amy Walton & Kelly Ensbury
Dance artist
Dance artist
Emily Wratten
- LATEST
Project updates.
Sign-ups for TeesDance × MFC 150 are now closed. The Tees Valley showed up in extraordinary numbers. Follow our journey to the Riverside pitch this October.