London: Big Dance

Big Dance is the ultimate London dance experience and will take place in 2010 and 2012.

Big Dance is a biennial pan London celebration of dance and dancing with nine days of dance events in unusual places throughout the city - shops, parks, galleries and museums - showcasing the diversity of dance styles and cultural attractions across the capital.

Most importantly everyone is invited to join in.

The programme will promote London as a world class centre for high quality dance to an international audience and the aim is that thousands of people will be inspired to make dance a part of their lives beyond 2012.

Big Dance 2010 launched at Spitalfields Market in east London on 20 January 2010 with dancers from across the capital representing a wide variety of dance from ballet to Bollywood and street to salsa. You can find pictures from the day on the Legacy Trust UK Facebook fan page. You can watch the highlights trailer from the Big Dance launch below.

Big Dance 2010 will take place across London from 3-11 July, and promises to be bigger and better than ever before! The programme is being delivered through a partnership between the Greater London Authority and Arts Council London. The five key organisations involved include East London Dance, English National Ballet, Greenwich Dance Agency, Sadler's Wells and Siobhan Davies Dance. They will coordinate activity locally through a series of 'hubs' across the capital.

Legacy Trust UK has committed £3 million to the programme until 2012 to ensure it leaves a lasting legacy for participants across London.