A NEW kind of dance is literally bouncing into Worcester.

Bungee-assisted dance means performers can take off and use the entire stage area as their backdrop.

Created by Liverpool-based Wired Aerial Theatre - who perform at Worcester's Swan Theatre next week - it involves bungee-assisted dancers swinging and swooping, diving and rebounding.

The group is known around the world for its breathtaking techniques and promises audiences a truly memorable night at the theatre. Its latest production, Handmade/Manmade, is about modern lifestyles and what is real in the fast-paced lives we all get swept along in.

Critics have called the show a "physically challenging and emotionally charged dance which pulls you in by its bungee rope and leaves you hanging on for more".

Handmade/Manmade is performed at the Swan Theatre on Thursday, February 7.

For tickets, priced £11, call the Worcester Live box office on 01905 611427.