Big Dance 2012

Dance fever is set to strike the North West this summer as Merseyside Dance Initiative (MDI) announces Big Dance in the North West, to take place across the region from Fri 18 May – Sun 9 September, with a particular focus in Big Dance week from Sat 7 – Sun 15 July.

Big Dance is the U.K’s biggest ever celebration of dance and is one of the highlights of London 2012 Festival, the culmination of the Cultural Olympiad. Big Dance 2012 will feature work on television, in the streets, in theatres and schools and right into the heart of communities all over the country.

In the North West, MDI is working with Dance Initiative Greater Manchester (DIGM), Ludus Dance (Lancashire) and Dance Cumbria to deliver dance events throughout the season with a flagship project that links up all the boroughs of the region and brings together over 1275 participants in a mass performance at Chavasse Park in Liverpool One on 15 July 2012. The artistic structure for this will be provided by Choreographic Consultant Jeanefer Jean Charles whose career began in Merseyside, North West based Artistic Director Lisi Perry and 25 North West artists.

Big Dance 2012 is a national programme  co-ordinated by the Foundation for Community Dance and is supported by major organisations including: Creative Scotland, Sport England, NHS London, London Councils, Youth Dance England, Council for Dance Education and Training, Dance Champions, Sport and Recreation Alliance and the British Council. Big Dance is delivered through a network of the UK’s leading dance organisations and will feature 9 days of dance in unusual spaces throughout the UK – shopping centres, parks, galleries, and lidos – showcasing the diversity of dance styles across the country.

A full programme will be announced shortly.

For more information, check out:  www.bigdance2012.com  / Twitter:@bigdancenorthwest