The second Yorkshire Youth Hip-Hop Dance Festival will take place on Friday, May 9 and Saturday, May 10 at The Workshop, St James's Street, Halifax.

The event starts at 8pm both evenings and will provide 90 minutes' worth of eye-catching and imaginative dance.

The Workshop's assistant dance officer Jimmy Turner said: "Since the first Yorkshire Youth Hip-Hop Dance Festival last May The Workshop has been continuing its efforts to get boys involved in dance. The Workshop is now renowned for having a first class lads' dance crew and a passionate and enthused coaching staff.

"Evidence of this includes requests for The Workshop's Lads' Dance Crew to perform at events across Yorkshire and staff being asked to collaborate with the likes of Northern Ballet Theatre.

"This year's Yorkshire Youth Hip Hop Dance Festival will build on last year's event, with more groups from across Yorkshire coming to perform."

The aims of the festival are to promote dance, specifically hip-hop, in Yorkshire and to provide an arena to allow young people to be encouraged and inspired by meeting others with shared interests.

Mr Turner said: "There will be a number of groups performing and we have not yet had all of them confirm, but we know for definite that there will be Hype Dance from Sheffield, The Workshop Lads (Halifax), Breakers Unify (Leeds), as well as groups from Selby."

Everyone is welcome - tickets, £3 each, need to be booked in advance. For more information about the event and to arrange tickets, contact the Workshop, tel: 01422 323688.