Big Dance Schools Pledge

The Big Dance Schools Pledge is taking place across the UK from May - July 2012.

About the Big Dance Schools Pledge

The Schools Pledge has two parts:

1. Young people of all ages were invited to learn and perform a new dance inspired by the Olympics and take part in a Guinness World Record Attempt on 18 May 2012,

2. The second part of the Schools Pledge is to commit to doing an additional 20 minutes of dance a day during Big Dance week (7-15 July 2012).

Part 1 - World record attempt
On 18 May 2012, the day the Olympic Torch arrived in the UK, young dancers throughout the UK and across the world shared a unique moment in time, dancing together and in unison.

Everyone who took part was involved in a monster attempt at a new Guinness World Record for the largest multi-venue dance routine.

Watch a video of the Big Dance in Malta

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See pictures fom the Big Dance around the world.

Thanks for taking part
Thanks to everyone who took part in the Guinness World Record attempt on 18 May. Big Dance is sorting through all the evidence and we will let you know as soon as we can if we’ve set a new world record.

Download your Schools Pledge participation certificate from the Big Dance website. 

Part 2 - Promising to dance
The second part of the Big Dance School Pledge is to commit to doing an additional 20 minutes of dance a day during Big Dance week (7-15 July 2012).

Big Dance organisers have worked with Wayne McGregor, Random Dance and Resident Choreographer at the Royal Ballet, to create resources that support teaching dance in the classroom.

Big Dance films
Wayne McGregor has selected four of the UK's leading choreographers; Shobana Jeyasingh, Kate Prince, Arlene Philips and Hofesh Shechter who alongside him give us an insight into their choreographic process. 

Learn more about the Big Dance films and how they can be used in the classroom to teach dance. 

Share your experience

However you decide to join in, upload your pictures and videos to our project space.