The Schools Showcase will offer schools the opportunity to present their work in The Big Dance Big Top Tent during the afternoon of Friday 6 July 2012 alongside professional performances from companies including English National Ballet.

For more information please see the application form below or contact Caron Loudy at Greenwich Dance on caron@greenwichdance.org.uk

Please return application forms to Greenwich Dance before Friday 1st June 2012.

Greenwich Dance is looking for people of all ages and levels of experience to take part in this intergenerational site-specific dance, celebrating this beautiful green space in the heart of the city.

Working with artists Thomas Goodwin and Petra Soor, three groups will come together to create the piece - a local primary school group, an intergenerational group (for all ages) and an intensive workshop group (for more experienced dancers).

To find out how you could be a part of it click here for more information.

Part of the London 2012 Festival, this event will be the culmination of our Big Dance 2012 programme in Greenwich.

Greenwich Dance, The Big Dance Hub for South East London, is working with dance artists, arts organisations, schools and councils across the boroughs of Bromley, Bexley, Lewisham and Greenwich to present a truly memorable summer of dance - but we need your help!

We are urgently looking for hard-working, reliable and motivated volunteers with a passion for dance to assist with the smooth running of two events taking place on Friday 18 May (daytime) at The Painted Hall, Royal Naval College, Greenwich and also at the BBC live site, General Gordon Square, Woolwich.

Both of these events will be part of the Big Dance Schools Pledge Guinness World Record Attempt to have the most dance events taking place at the same time across the UK.

If you want to boost your CV and gain practical experience of working at dance events or just want to get involved in your local community, email lisa@greenwichdance.org.uk ASAP.

There will be lots more volunteering opportunities throughout the festival, so if you are interested in getting involved but can't do this date, we'd dtill love to here from you.

Join in and make dance part of your life in 2012 and beyond!

Part of the London 2012 Festival, the focus is on open air events and iconic places. Greenwich Dance has commissioned Luca Silvestrini’s Protein, its award-winning resident company, to create The Picnic, an open air performance for Big Dance Picnics at Trinity Laban in Deptford, the Greenwich World Cultural Festival at Eltham Palace, the Horniman Museum in Forest Hill and the Big Dance Carnival at Crystal Palace Park. The Big Dance Bus will make an appearance at shopping centres in Lewisham and Bexley Broadway and at the Danson Festival.

Big Dance is London’s Legacy Trust UK programme, delivered by the Mayor of London and Arts Council England, creating a lasting impact from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games by funding ideas and local talent to inspire creativity across the UK

The events in Greenwich are part of The Greenwich Festivals series, funded by Greenwich Council, celebrating the cultural vibrancy of London’s newest Royal borough.

At the Big Dance Walk in Oxleas Meadows, Greenwich Dance and artists, Thomas Goodwin and Petra Soor, will be inviting an intergenerational group of local people to join the project as performers.

A new dance theatre work by choreographer Kate Flatt and composer Adrinao Adewale, Ballroom of Joys and Sorrows, drawing on English and global folk traditions will be performed at Greenwich Dance, The Borough Hall on June 1 and 2, with local performers aged 7-70 participating in the live music, dance and song.

Festivities kick off in South East London with The Big Family Cabaret at Greenwich Dance on Saturday 19 May. On 18 May, the day the Olympic Torch arrives in the UK, local schools will be taking part in the Big Dance Schools Pledge in the iconic Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College and the BBC Live Site in Woolwich town centre.  This is part of a world record attempt to have the most dance events taking place at the same time across the country.

Greenwich Dance, Trinity Laban and the National Maritime Museum will collaborate with schools to create dance and music inspired by collections in the Museum, culminating in a celebratory event, Making Waves on 28 June, highlighting the unique cultural opportunities and heritage within the Royal Borough of Greenwich as it prepares to host the Olympics.

From 5 – 9 July, Greenwich Dance, Greenwich Council and English National Ballet will be presenting events in The Big Dance Big Top Tent alongside the river at the Old Royal Naval College.  Events will include a professional masterclass day, a schools’ showcase, free workshops for all, a social dance and two cabarets.

For a full list of events taking place across South East London click here.

Greenwich Dance is the Big Dance Hub for South East London. From 18 May - 15 July, we're bringing 8 weeks of dance to unexpected places across Greenwich, Lewisham, Bromley and Bexley.

Whatever your age, level of experience or dance style, you could:

• perform at an event
• learn a new dance style at a free workshop
• take part in a world record attempt
• volunteer at events to boost your CV
• enter a dance competition with the chance to win a cash prize
• or simply come along and experience the best of London's dance talent on your doorstep!

For more information about Big Dance in South East London click here for details of events or opportunities to take part.

Or contact Greenwich Dance on info@greenwichdance.org.uk

Aomori Project: Repetition is a collaborative duet between Welsh choreographer, Sioned Huws and dancer Reina Kimura from Aomori, developed from the Tsugaru music and dance of north Japan.

They push and test the capacity of a dancer’s movement memory, where choreography is balanced on a fine line of order, which can easily tip into chaos. Through workshops, presentations and performances they invite others to join their ongoing research.

This intensive week of workshops will elaborate on a choreographic dialogue between environment, architecture and the body.

It will continue to develop the complexity of a movement language based on horizontality, with detailed attention to repetition that changes ever so slightly, focusing on orientation and disorientation.

Cost £65, including entry to Greenwich Dance morning class with Leila McMillan.

For more infomation and how to book click here

This month, The Vintage Years celebrates the 1920's, 30's and 40's.

Come and try out your moves to a mix of Ballroom, Jive, Latin and Sequence dancing numbers for some good old-fashioned fun.

Live music will be provided by American jazz singer Kai Hoffman and her vintage band Kai’s Cats.

The beautiful 1930's Borough Hall has played host to Tea Dances for several decades and is the perfect setting for an afternoon of socialising, live music and dancing.   

Tickets are £5 or £4 concessions. A cup of tea and a slice of cake is included in the entry price.

No need to book in advance just turn up and pay on the door.

Dickens Dance

Thursday 12 April 2012

New Eltham Library  10:30AM

Southwood Road, London SE9 3QT

T: 020 8850 2322

Eltham Library  2:30PM

Archery Road, London SE9 1HA

T: 020 8921 3452

Bring the whole family along to The Borough Hall for an afternoon of comedy, live music and a host of London’s finest dance talent.

Newly formed Delve Dance Company presents Lucy Ridley's The Lyre Bug, a playful, slick contemporary dance quartet where insects regard humans as pests and attempt to control them.

Simeon Weedall and Avalon Rathgeb will be performing their percussive tap dance duet. There will be an energetic blast of street dance and an enchanting ballet duet. The spellbinding Matt Hennem presents Liquid Crystal, breathing life into an inanimate crystal ball.

Keep an eye out for quirky roving act, Average Height Ladies, who will be making their debut performance in and around the building.

Comedy performance poet Neal Zetter will be hosting the event, with live music from Frank Moon's Hotclub Quartet. Table service is provided throughout the event and audience members are invited to bring their own food.

Everyone will have the chance to join in the fun and show off their own moves during the Family Disco.

The event starts at 3:15PM. 

Tickets are £10 or £7.50 concessions.

Haggle Offer: Fancy booking a table? Tell us how many tickets you want and we'll try to strike a deal. 

Call Greenwich Dance on 020 8293 9741 to book.

Children engage in playful activities that support future functioning, learning & skills in dance.

Dance Ability is open to any child with physical and / or learning disability or sensory impairment. Wheelchair users are welcome.

Whilst some support is available in each session we encourage parents, carers or siblings to take a practical role in the class to enjoy the experience for themselves and with their child.