Big Dance 15-23 July

[WittyBird]

Anyone heard about this?

C&P from Website......

Big Dance is a week long celebration of dance across London and the UK and will involve a huge range of dance events across the city.

From 15 to 23 July 2006, it will be time to get up and dance!

Big Dance is all about fun and throughout the week, there will be plenty of chances to get dancing. As well as events from London’s top dance organisations and theatres, there will be plenty of smaller events and open days around the capital, as the many smaller, local dance clubs and schools throw open their doors to the public.

Big Dance ends with 'Dancing in the street' a spectacular weekend of dance in Trafalgar Square, including the biggest mass choreography Nelson has ever seen!

[Tazmanian Devil]

Originally Posted by WittyBird

Anyone heard about this?

C&P from Website......

Big Dance is a week long celebration of dance across London and the UK and will involve a huge range of dance events across the city.

From 15 to 23 July 2006, it will be time to get up and dance!

Big Dance is all about fun and throughout the week, there will be plenty of chances to get dancing. As well as events from London’s top dance organisations and theatres, there will be plenty of smaller events and open days around the capital, as the many smaller, local dance clubs and schools throw open their doors to the public.

Big Dance ends with 'Dancing in the street' a spectacular weekend of dance in Trafalgar Square, including the biggest mass choreography Nelson has ever seen!

Oooh interesting, *jots down dates in diary*

[WittyBird]

Another C&P job from email

Big Dance
Big Dance is a national week long event which will provide Dance Taster sessions and Demonstrations all over the U.K culminating in a televised Mass Dance Choreography in Trafalgar Square on Saturday 22nd July.

I am pleased to announce that Emma Pettitt and her team will be participating in the Mass Choreography on behalf of Ceroc, and this is also a world record attempt.

In London we are also holding a Dance Class next to City Hall (The Scoop) on the Bank of the Thames on the 17th July from 5pm – 9pm to promote the organization. Please feel free to come along and join in with the freestyle and classes

To find out more go to http://www.london.gov.uk/bigdance

[jiveknight]

Originally Posted by WittyBird

Another C&P job from email

Big Dance
Big Dance is a national week long event which will provide Dance Taster sessions and Demonstrations all over the U.K culminating in a televised Mass Dance Choreography in Trafalgar Square on Saturday 22nd July.

I am pleased to announce that Emma Pettitt and her team will be participating in the Mass Choreography on behalf of Ceroc, and this is also a world record attempt.

In London we are also holding a Dance Class next to City Hall (The Scoop) on the Bank of the Thames on the 17th July from 5pm – 9pm to promote the organization. Please feel free to come along and join in with the freestyle and classes

To find out more go to http://www.london.gov.uk/bigdance

Wow! Looks good, and BIG!

ps.are going to Croydon on Tues?

[Dizzy]

This sounds as though it is going to be BIG!!!!

Word from ceroc is that there is going to be big groups of people from all different dance types learning the same routine over the next few weeks and dancing it together in Trafalgar Square.

Alex and Emma from Ceroc Central is putting together the ceroc part of the routine and selections are going to be happening from ceroc for the dancers who can pick up all the dance types from the routine, the quickest.

[Dizzy]

I have just been told that ceroc london are holding try-outs for people to participate in this dance routine on thursday at Fulham Town Hall

[bigdjiver]

Bedford Thursday night Michaela announces St. Neots freestyle the next night (Friday) and says that the fun class will be "not Ceroc".

Friday night Michaela says that the fun class is part of Emma's routine for the "Big Dance". It looks like a sort of street line dance to me.

This seems to me a unique opportunity to give the nation some idea of what Ceroc is, and the message is being muddied.

I have no issue with the quality if the routine, it just seems to me that Ceroc should be promoting Ceroc, and only Ceroc, as such an evnt.

[Yogi_Bear]

Originally Posted by bigdjiver

Bedford Thursday night Michaela announces St. Neots freestyle the next night (Friday) and says that the fun class will be "not Ceroc".

Friday night Michaela says that the fun class is part of Emma's routine for the "Big Dance". It looks like a sort of street line dance to me.

This seems to me a unique opportunity to give the nation some idea of what Ceroc is, and the message is being muddied.

I have no issue with the quality if the routine, it just seems to me that Ceroc should be promoting Ceroc, and only Ceroc, as such an evnt.

On the contrary, it seems to me that if Ceroc people are willing to promote dance for the sake of it, and to appeal to the public at large, that is something to be applauded. As opposed to pushing the interests of a franchise.

[Tessalicious]

Originally Posted by bigdjiver

Bedford Thursday night Michaela announces St. Neots freestyle the next night (Friday) and says that the fun class will be "not Ceroc".

Friday night Michaela says that the fun class is part of Emma's routine for the "Big Dance". It looks like a sort of street line dance to me.

This seems to me a unique opportunity to give the nation some idea of what Ceroc is, and the message is being muddied.

I have no issue with the quality if the routine, it just seems to me that Ceroc should be promoting Ceroc, and only Ceroc, as such an evnt.

The Big Dance routine is not just Ceroc - it includes salsa, flamenco, Irish, street, bhangra, swing and other types of dancing, with each group involved doing something really cool in their own style and something basic in all the other styles. That's why it's such a fun event to be part of, and why, for once, it isn't about advertising Ceroc, it's about bringing Ceroc dancers into contact with some other fab amateur dancers and all being ambassadors for dance in general. The message is to dance, not to Ceroc, so it is not being muddied at all - just given a great and varied presentation so there will be something for everyone.

I think it's great that you're going to be taught one of the sections, although I'd probably not have chosen the street section, as it isn't so much about moves as attitude and might not go down that well in a Ceroc class, but good luck to you all, and to Michaela teaching it.

[bigdjiver]

Originally Posted by Tessalicious

The Big Dance routine is not just Ceroc - it includes salsa, flamenco, Irish, street, bhangra, swing and other types of dancing, with each group involved doing something really cool in their own style and something basic in all the other styles.

I now believe that what Michaela was teaching in the fun class was "something basic" in one of the other styles, and have no problem with that.

That's why it's such a fun event to be part of, and why, for once, it isn't about advertising Ceroc,

from a business perspective it is always about marketing.

it's about bringing Ceroc dancers into contact with some other fab amateur dancers and all being ambassadors for dance in general.

Promoting dance in general is good for modern jive.

The message is to dance, not to Ceroc,

I think you might have phrased that better.

so it is not being muddied at all - just given a great and varied presentation so there will be something for everyone.

I had the impression, which now seems to have been the wrong one, that what Michaela taught was part of the Ceroc section. I doubt that the BBC will show the whole thing. I was worried that the BBC might pick that clip and present that as "Ceroc".
One of my achievements was to write a software package called MMPLOT, which sold around the world at £900 a time. It allowed a printed circuit board drilling machine to be used as an engraver and a router. This was a unique selling point for our machine. On a very expensive exhibition stand we had the machine proudly engraving the company name. A passer by stopped to look.
Salesman:"Are you interested in a Micromat?"
Man: "No, I am looking for a drilling machine".
Similar conversations happened at least twice more. Since then clarity in the marketing message has been on of my hobby horses. I did not want there to be any chance of N hundred thousand people believing that Ceroc was a sort of line dance.
I applaud the promotion of dance in general, it is just that I want Ceroc to get the most out of the opportunity. As long as the Ceroc section is all Ceroc, I am content.
I expect the BBC to cherry pick the clips to show. If it were me in charge I would want to present Ceroc as a dance that anybody can do, so I would want to avoid the spectacular. So I would want to concentrate not on what was being done, but who was doing it, and aim for the BBC to pick Cerocers for the human interest stories. I would try to get celebrities into the Ceroc team, and aim for the "ests". biggest, tallest, oldest, cheekiest, ... I would try to present Ceroc as a dance that anyone can enjoy. If a wheelchair Cerocer, or a blind one wanted to be in the team, I would have them. I believe in milking opportunity. I would pair a tall guy with a short girl, any thing to capture the cameras attention. I guess that I have a bit of a politicians mind. Do the right thing because it is the right thing, but still be thinking "How can I profit ...".

[WittyBird]

Good Luck to all the forumites that are taking part in this later today, I know alot of work has gone into it I'm sure you'll all be great

[bigdjiver]

The BBC local TV in the Anglia region has been promoting the Big dance class. We have had a snppet each night this week of various dance groups in the region preparing for it.
Forumites, has local TV news in your region being doing the same?

[Dizzy]

Originally Posted by WittyBird

Good Luck to all the forumites that are taking part in this later today, I know alot of work has gone into it I'm sure you'll all be great

I am sure everyone will be fabulous as so much work has gone into this dance.

Make sure everyone that you tune into BBC one tonight at 9pm (or set the video) to watch them all strut their stuff

[Cruella]

I think the first part of the programme is at 6.30 - 7.30pm. Then the actual dance is at 9.05pm. Good luck guys!

[Lory]

Originally Posted by Dizzy

Make sure everyone that you tune into BBC one tonight at 9pm (or set the video) to watch them all strut their stuff

Good luck guys.. go out there, strut your stuff and make us proud!

p.s. don't forget those 'Big cheesy smiles'

[FirstMove]

I did the bit at lunchtime where people all over the country did the same line dance. There were about 100 people at the Malvern Theatres.

The local BBC deliberately didn't play any music between teaching us the parts of the routine, as they didn't want anyone advertising there own dance organisations

[Feelingpink]

I've just watched the first Big Dance part and Ceroc got a pretty good mention/chunk of camera time with lots of Tessalicious and Emma P. It seems like a fun idea ... but could it possibly be somewhere other than Trafalgar Square? I'm really fed up with seeing the place not as a wonderful open space for tourists and locals ... more as a mess of scaffolding, portaloos and trucks.

[Cruella]

Just watched the hour long programme. Spotted the ceroc crew lots! Emma P even managed to get in a small plug for Ceroc. Must go and practice my 'windmills'

[jacksondonut]

How utterly fabulous to see all those familiar faces on TV tonight... only a phonecall from a friend brought this to my attention... or I would have missed it all...

Must be wonderful to be part of such a big event...
WELL DONE EVERYONE...

[Feelingpink]

And Limpy Tink is taller than Wayne Sleep!