The 2012Olympic and Paralympic Gamesand 2014Commonwealth Games, providedan unparalleled opportunity to raise the profileof dance as a creative, participative and physicalartform. In support of this Scottish Governmentpolicy, Creative Scotland committed £1.5millionof National Lottery funding across a four yearperiod, creating an inclusive celebration of danceacross Scotland, linking into thewider UK andmarking Scotland’s place in theworld. AdditionallyCashback for Creativity and Event Scotland'sGames for Scotland fundswere aligned to supportthe aim of encouragingmore people to participatein dance.

Workingwith Scotland’s key dance organisations,Get Scotland Dancing brought togetherprofessional and amateur dancers of all ages todance in public spaces in our towns, villages andcities – bringing dance to the people and people todance.We aimed to strengthen opportunities toparticipate in dance and create a lasting legacyfor communities throughout Scotland.

In 2012 six hubs across Scotland presentedprogrammes as part of the UK-wide Big Dancecelebrations. Over the finalweekend of theLondon 2012 Festival, Michael Clark Companycreated a landmark dance event for Glasgow.TheBarrowlandsProjectmarked the change infocus fromLondon 2012 to Glasgow2014.

As Scotland prepared for the 2014CommonwealthGames, Get Scotland Dancing developed its ownidentity andwidened its reach tomore than 300partners accross thewhole of Scotland.

The 2014Get Scotland Dancing programmelaunched in April 2014 and includedmore than300 events in Scotland and internationally.Eventswere part of the Glasgow2014CulturalProgramme; a partnership between the Glasgow2014Organising Committee, GlasgowLife, andCreative Scotland throughNational Lottery funding.This publication celebrates the achievementsof the Scottish dance community inwhatwas anunprecedented year of dance for Scotland.

GET SCOTLAND DANCING IS AN INITIATIVE LED BY CREATIVE SCOTLANDGet Scotland Dancing encourages morepeople to get active and participate in dance

“Scotland’s culture is oneof ourmost enduringandpowerful assets anddance is ahugepart ofthat.Weasanationhavea longdance tradition,fromceilidhs to theHighland fling, fromballet tobreakdancingandeverything inbetween.”

Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Cultureand External Affairs

“In2014,wewant toGetScotlandDancingandkeepScotlanddancing. Encouraging individualsand communities tobecomemoreactive is a keypart of our Legacy fromGlasgow2014.”

Shona Robison, Minister for Sportand Commonwealth Games

Scotland’s London 2012 Cultural ProgrammeBig Dance 2012Michael Clark Company: The Barrowlands Project

Big Dance 2012Six Scottish dance hubs joined Big Dance 2012, theUK’s biggest ever celebration of dance. Each hubcreated a bespoke programme of activity acrossthe summer of 2012. Events included a DanceHuntin Aberdeen, Salsa Street Parties in FortWilliam,Inverness and Portree, theWorld’s Biggest TeaDance in Edinburgh, the Let’s Dance Festival inStirling, a DanceWalk in Dundee and a communitycompany dancing to a new livemusic commissionin a Glasgow shopping centre.

Creative Scotland also supported three newDanceArtist/Development Officer posts in areaswith noprovision (see over).

The Barrowlands ProjectOver the finalweekend of the London 2012Festival, 8 and 9 September, Michael ClarkCompany created a landmark dance event forGlasgow.TheBarrowlandsProject, co-producedwithDanceHouseGlasgowandGlasgowLife,marked the change in focus fromLondon2012 toGlasgow2014.

Taking over the celebrated GlasgowBarrowlandBallroom, now a reveredmusic venue andwitha history as Glasgow’s premier dance hall, theperformance projectwas specially created byMichael Clark, the iconic Scottish dancer,choreographer and artist. TheBarrowlandsProject featured local people as performers inthe choreography alongside the company dancersaccentuating the communal dance experience.

More than 50,000 peoplewere engaged in activity in Scotland.

“Oneof thebest experiences Ihavehad, one that has changedandchangedme.”The Barrowlands Project participant

A documentary of the 2012 programme can be seen at vimeo.com/51514996

Get Scotland Dancing is an association ofevery organisation and dancerwho sharesour vision to Get Scotland Dancing and tokeep Scotland dancing. TomakeGetScotland Dancing a truly national celebrationweworkedwith a range of partners toquickly build a networkwithwhomwecould share ourmessage.

National Partners are organisationswith anational reach and remit including teachingassociations.

Regional Hubs delivered all of the nationalevents aswell as their own bespokeprogrammes and acted as focal pointsfor their regions.

Movers& Shakers includes awide range ofsmaller, independent dance organisations,studios and teacherswho regularly offerdance activity across Scotland.

Dance Artists and Dance Developmentofficerswork in communities, often in a localauthority context to plan and deliver danceactivity through targeted programmes.

Event Organisers also registered theirinterest in putting on or promoting events,many of themoutwith Scotland.

The networkwas facilitated through initiallocalmeetings followed by regionalgatherings, a national steering group andan online network.

National Partners 12National Partners

6 Regional Hubs

253Movers&Shakers

27DanceArtists/Development Officers

148 Event Organisers

18,000+miles travelledtomeet partners

OurNetwork

Regional Hubs

Dundee Dance Partnership

Big Dance Pledge

The Big Dance Pledge is a chance to learn,makeand perform a dancewith the rest of theworld.2014was the fifth edition of the pledge producedby Big Dance/Foundation for Community Danceandwas created by Scottish Ballet.

Scottish Ballet’s considered approach, led by theEducation teamandAssociate Director, Education,Catherine Cassidy, reimagined themodel and producedsignificant positive results. The choreographywassimplewith short phrases showcasingmultiple stylesincluding ballet, Bhangra, Highland and a freestylesection. Choreographed by Education Officer LorraineJamieson, the dancewas fun, accessible and yet still achallenge to the complete novice. Dave Boyd’s newlycommissionedmusic, the catchy soundtrack to thePledge, led dancerswith audio cues andprovided acohesive andpumping crescendo to the fiveminute piece.

Through online video resourceswemet a ‘PledgeFamily’ starring in a professionally directed introductoryfilmmore akin to amusic video than dance tuition.The Pledge Family live (and dance) all together in a bighousewith kids, parents, grandparents, uncles, auntiesand even a dancing postwoman. The family is diverseand includes awheelchair user to show that the dancecan bemodified to all abilities. As in past years, detailedfilms then break down sections of the dance so thatgroupswith potentially little or no dance experiencecould learn the Pledge.

Another innovation sawgroupswithmore danceexperience encouraged to create their ownchoreographic response and perform this to the samemusic. Five exampleswere createdwith groups atDance Base, Edinburgh including ballet, Bollywood,hip hop and even drivers from a local taxi firm. The taxidrivers (a corporate sponsor of Dance Base) filmed theircontributionwith Edinburgh Castle as the backdrop andreceived the lion’s share of views online plus lots ofpress attention. Indepen-dance, Scotland’s inclusivedance company, filmed their own version too showing arange ofmodifications and proving that everyone cantake part.

In Scotland, GSD supported YDance to deliver trainingto teachers in areaswithout Dance DevelopmentOfficers and Scottish Ballet offered ContinuousProfessional Development sessions to schools andprivate teachers throughout Scotland.

Groups around theworldwere encouraged to join upand dance their Pledge together at special events.In Scotland our network of GSDHubs eachmounteda public eventwhich included a nationalmediaopportunity in central Edinburgh and an event atGlasgow’s Emirates Arena. Scottish Balletworkedwith Sadler’sWells to produce a flashmob in their foyerbefore a performance of their touring production ofRomeo&Juliet. As the sun set on Pledge day, onehundred dancers occupied the famous Skye Bridge inthe Highlands and danced for their community.

More than68,000 participants registered to take part in the Pledge

YDance delivered 15 CPD sessions for teachers in areaswithout Dance Development Officers

Groups participated in 23 countries around theworld

The Commonwealth CeilidhOverlooked by the ColoradoMountains and EdinburghCastle… in village halls at the heart of rural communitiesand bustling city squares in Aukland, Tasmania, Sydney,Jakarta, Aberdeen, Fife, Stonehaven, Cape Town,St Petersburg, London, Jamaica andmany pointsinbetween. Onmidsummer’s evening in 2014, thousandsof people came together to dance a Ceilidh thattravelled 18,250miles across theworld over the courseof an unforgettable 24 hours.

The Commonwealth Ceilidh aimed to celebrate andenergise this loved Scottish tradition, beginning onSaturday 21 June in NewZealand at 7.30pm local timeand then travelingwestward crossing time zones, withdances reaching Scotland thirteen hours later and thisepic event ended in Hawaii 24 hours after the firstCeilidh Call.

It encompassedmore than74events, acrossAustralasia,Asia, Africa, Europe and the USA as part of an eventwhichwas open to everyone, of every age and ability.

The Commonwealth Ceilidhwas led by The RoyalScottish Country Dance Society (RSCDS), andwas partof Get Scotland Dancing and the Glasgow2014CulturalProgramme.

Three newdances created for the project fused Scottishcountry dancingwith different dance andmusicalinfluences under themes inspired by theCommonwealthGames andwere performed on the day alongsideexisting favourites such as The DashingWhite Sergeant,The EightsomeReel and Strip theWillow.

RSCDSAberdeen choreographer, EmmaAllsop, 23,alongwith local hip-hop dancers created thehigh-energy and youthful Speed and Endurancethemed dance TheGranite City Reel.

RSCDSEdinburgh and Indian classical dance companyDance Ihayami fused Indian dance andmusical stylesfor the Commonwealth Connections themed dancenamed The Radical Road.

RSCDSGlasgowpartneredwith Indepen-dance,Scotland’s inclusive dance company, and Confidance,Glasgow’s blind and partially sighted dance group, tocreate a dance focused around the theme of Agility,reflecting the inclusion of all visitors and competitorsto the Commonwealth Games and has been namedThe Clydeside Reel.

Each Commonwealth Ceilidhwas unique to its location,with an interval in every event giving the chance forgroups to showcase local, national or internationaldance styles tomark this fun and special occasion.

More than 74 ceilidhs took place

RSCDS branches and groups formedmany newpartnershipswith other dance organisations

Watch the dances at commonwealthceilidh.org

Dance-along Movies

Dancers and non-dancers across Scotlandhad the chance to dance-along to classicmoviesincludingGrease andDirtyDancing at specialoutdoor screenings in Stirling, Aberdeen,Inverness, Edinburgh, Dundee, Glasgow andGreenock. Led by dance artist Chris-StuartWilson,audiences learntmoves from keymoments in thefilm in a funwarmup before the screening.

As the films began they joined inwith the dancingduring the key unforgettable sceneswe knowandlove, breaking into a huge shake down for the finale.To add to the party atmosphere, audienceswereencouraged to (and often did) dress up as theirfavourite characters from themovie.

Dance Trails

Dance to interrupt, surprise and inspire in reallife settings.

Dance Trails took dance out to the people, intoparks, graveyards, up lampposts, down alleyways,into shopping centres and onto public squares.

Dundee’s Dance Trail took place in October 2013and featured numerous groups coming togetherunder the artistic direction of Smallpetitklein’sThomas Small with a theme of 1950s dancehall.

As part of their Queen’s Baton Relay celebrationsdance also featuredprominentlywith performancesand chances to join in at the event in City Square.

Stirling’s Let’s Dance Festival featured Dutch artistErik Kaiel’smurikamificationwhich sawdancersrunning upwalls, sitting on top of lamp posts andcreating a dance playground out of Stirling citycentre.

Macrobert also produced two newoutdoor dancepieces for the GSDDance Trails programme.Chrissie Ardill and UnderhandDance’sHeldUpwas the ultimate adventure inmulti-tasking, andrunning late! The piecewas performed in Stirling,Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Glasgow andInverness. Robbie Synge’sRally inProgresswasan intervention taking the form of a political rallyandwas performed in Stirling andGlasgow aspart of Festival 2014.

In Aberdeen Citymove’s DanceHunt ran for itsthird year in the city centrewith two days ofperformances and tasters in public spaces.

Dance Base in Edinburgh ran a digital Dance Trailwith their Virtual FlashmobHaka projectworkingwith Taki Maori fromNewZealand.

Eden Court’s Dance Trail in Inverness ledaudiences on a route around the city centre to seecontemporary, street dance, salsa andmanymorestyles. On a beautiful summers day tourists andshopperswere treated to surprise dances in allkinds of locations.

In Glasgow the entireMerchant Citywas a dancetrail during Festival 2014with performanceseverywhere! DanceHouse also commissionedTimCasson to create Glasgow’s very own TheDanceWeMade building a dance frommovementscontributed in on-street interviews and culminatingin a short film.

Smaller dance trails also took place inMidlothian(as part of their Queen’s Baton Relay celebrations)and in Kirkcudbright as part of the KirkcudbrightArts and Crafts Trail.

Events in all Scottish cities

Digital dance trail in partnershipwithNewZealand

Two new commissions created and toured

Hubs Programmes Aswell as presenting events for the Big DancePledge, Get Dancin’, Dance Trails and Dance-alongMovies, each hub devised a bespoke programmeof activity that responded to the needs andopportunities of their own regions.

Citymoves in Aberdeen presented the ambitious100Days, 100Dances offering different danceexperiences towatch and try every day in the100 days running up to the start of the 2014Commonwealth Games. Citymoves also ranresidencies in Peterhead and Fraserburgh, toreach young dancerswho have less access todance and their ever-popular Great Big DanceShowAberdeen.

Dance Base in Edinburgh continued to developtheir boys only dance company TheUnusualSuspects and presented Destination Dance, anoutdoor performance including groups from localprivate schools and Dance Base groups. DanceBase also devolved part of its GSD funds toDance Development Officers in East,WestandMidlothian to initiate a regional dance strategy.

DanceHouse in Glasgowworkedwith their GSDsupported community company and other Glasgowgroups to present The Gadfly Project at GoDance2014, a new commissionworkingwithmultiplechoreographers and a live orchestra. DuringFestival 2014DanceHouse presented three daysof dance performances and taster sessions atMerchant Square to significant audiences.

Dundee Dance Partnership used its partnershipapproach to present professionalwork forchildren and opportunities for adults toparticipate in Sisgo through Scottish DanceTheatre. Leisure&Culture Dundee and Showcasethe Street supported school holiday Dance Camps.

The Great Big Dance ShowDundee presentedgroups fromaround the city at Dundee Rep.Eden Court in Inverness created 1920s themedRagtime Picnics [pictured]whichwere presentedin the stately gardens of the Castle ofMey,Dunvegan Castle, Cawdor Castle and BallindallochCastle.With performances, livemusic, local schoolparticipation and plenty of opportunities to dressup and join in, these eventswere very popular.

Back at Eden Court the Big Dance ShowHighlandsbrought together groups fromacross the regionto perform on themain stage.

Macrobert in Stirling focusedmuch of their activityaround their Let’s Dance Festivals includingperformances and taster activity. They also ran anintergenerational community performance project–BuntyandDoris –with company in residenceBarrowland Ballet. Macrobert also ran a Great BigShowcase featuring local groups performing inthe theatre.

Commonwealth Youth Dance Festival

YDance, the national dance organisation forchildren and young people in Scotland, createdthe first ever Commonwealth Youth DanceFestival in Glasgow in July 2014. The festivalbrought together local, national and internationalyouth dance talent in an exciting three-dayprogramme of performances, workshops andwrap-around events.

More than 400 dancers from36 dance groups fromAustralia, Canada, England, India, Malta, Namibia,NewZealand, Northern Ireland, Scotland andWales performed over three nights at the festival.In the daytimes they participated in aworldclassprogramme ofworkshops and developmentopportunities. Participants enjoyed an openingnight ceilidh and on the final night participatedin The Big Commonwealth Dance performancein Buchanan Street, Glasgow.

The Festival gave the young people a uniqueopportunity to share skills and learn new styleswith their international peers, creating bondsbetween young people fromdifferent nationsthrough a shared love of dance.

Audiences at Tramway experienced anexciting and entertaining programme by awealth of young dance talent including newperformances by theNational Youth DanceCompanies of Scotland, England andWales.In addition to themain programmewhichfeatured 12 different performance groupseach night, the Festival also presentedJumpingIntoTheUnknown – a showcase for newdanceworks created by young choreographersinvolved in the Hothouse Choreographic ResidencyProjectwhich YDance runs in partnershipwithScottish Ballet, and a Festival Dance FilmNightfeaturing a programme of short dance filmsmade by or involving young people.

36 dance groups from10 countries

All three evening performances and Jumping into the Unknown sold out

400 participants performed in The Big Commonwealth Dance on the closing night

TheBigCommonwealthDance: Beats forPeaceby internationally renowned choreographerRafael Bonachela took place on Saturday 12 Julyand Sunday 13 Julymarking the equinox of The BigDanceWeekend and the closing of the first everCommonwealth Youth Dance Festival.

Thismajor dance film commission linked dancersin Trafalgar Square, Buchanan Street Glasgowand outside the Sydney Opera Housewhichthrough live linkup connected three internationalcities – London, Glasgow and Sydney and thefilm by Leopard Films shows howunique theexperiencewas.

TheBigCommonwealthDance: Beats forPeacewas produced by theMayor of London, SydneyDance Company andGet Scotland Dancing aspart of the Glasgow2014Cultural Programme.Also supported by Australia Council, the City ofSydney, Sydney Opera House andAusdanceNSW.

500 dancers in Glasgow

3000 dancers around theworld

Everybody smiled, despite the rain!

The Big Commonwealth Dance

During the 2014Commonwealth Games the cityof Glasgow came alivewith Festival 2014, a hugecultural celebration. Dance featured across thecitywith specially commissioned Culture 2014projects and performances and tasters as partof theMerchant City Festival and on the GlasgowGreen Live Site.

As part of GlasgowGreen’s Celtic Day, GetScotland Dancing programmed themain stagewith traditional and contemporary twists ontraditional Scottish dancing. Groups includedthe Scottish Dance Teachers Association, DanceHQ–Gallus Stooshie, Danscentre and the AngelaWatson School of Dance. Crowds basked inwonderful sunshine andwere appreciative ofthe original and inventive performances.

On BBC at the Quay’s Live Site, Get ScotlandDancing presented a day of dance hosted byCarrie Grant. Performances and tasters on themain stage included Dance Ihayami, theMiniJackers, The Kennedy Cupcakes, Scottish OfficialBoard of Highland Dancing, Siamsoir, Collective,MADCrew, Psycho Stylez Crew, the FlyingJalepenos and Centrestage.Workshops foryoung dancers, older adults and babieswereoffered in the small tent.

Also as part of thewider Festival 2014 and Culture2014 programmes participants had the chance to joininwithmajor dance commissions and events.

Opening on Commonwealth Day inMarch 2014Janice Parker’sGloryworkedwith a diverse cast fromGlasgow's Commonwealth to celebrate performers,bodies, the pursuit of excellence and alternative formsof the elite inmovement.

Squashmergedwith dance inSquishSquared, aperformance and education project presented by Room2Manoeuvre (R2M) in squash courts across Scotland.Based on the theme of day to day competition eachperformancewas followed by dance and squash tuitionfor the audience.

Scottish Dance Theatre brought the city of Dundee tolifewith projections of giant toddlers, a pop-up parkand groundbreaking collaborationswith internationallyrenowned artists.

DancingCity celebrated the perpetualmotion of the Cityby exploring and animating collective and individualjourneys. Produced by DanceHouse, Dancing Citybrought together professional artists and nearly 200Glasgow citizens, fromwindowcleaners to cyclists toparentswith buggies. The resulting filmwas screenedextensively across the City during Festival 2014.

ScotchHoppers from stillmotionwas a performanceevent inspired by childhood street games, such ashopscotch, that linked art and sportwith physical playto create a newgame. Itwas presented in a participatoryfamily friendly playground in Glasgow’sMerchant City.

Marc Brew’s new integrated outdoorwork (i)Landexplored isolation, humanity, ingenuity and inventionand a big pile of sand! Theworkwas presented duringFestival 2014 in theMerchant City and touredextensively to other festivals.

Inspired by historical and personal stories of journeysbetweenCommonwealth countries, TheRiverwascreated and performed by Barrowland Ballet'sprofessional ensemble alongside a large communitycast and community choir under the artistic directionof Natasha Gilmore.

Festival 2014

Over the past four decades, Scotland hasbeen aworld leader in community dance.To celebrate this, and to tie into this pivotal yearin the country’s development, TheFourSeasonsdance projectwas brought to life as part ofthe Aberdeen International Youth Festivaland Culture 2014. This projectmarked the returnto Scotland of reknowned dancemakers RoystonMaldoomand TamaraMcLorg.

Young people fromAberdeenshirewere invitedto create this newdance performance inspiredby Vivaldi’s TheFourSeasons.Marrying theNorth-East’s reputation for ‘four seasons in oneday’ with Vivaldi’smost famous score, the projectculminated in a performance at the Arts Centre& Theatre as a prelude to the AberdeenInternational Youth Festival.

Over twoweeks, three local groups of dancerswith varying levels of experienceworked on theproject in their home locations, coming togetheras a single company in Aberdeen. Aswell asleading the artistic vision Royston and Tamaracreated some of the dances including the openingand closingmovements of the performance. Theyalsoworked intensivelywith the four Scottishdance artists and four assistants for aweek toset the overall choreographic framework for theperformance.

The remainingmovementswere split betweenthe three groups, eachworking for a fortnightwith a Dance Artist and assistant creating theirown choreography, with Royston and Tamaravisiting andworkingwith each group asmentors.The combination of all the resulting pieceswaspresented as one complete performance –TheFourSeasons.

The Four Seasons

Dance Development OfficersGSD recognises that gettingmore peopledancing is a complex and intricate task requiringlots of local knowledge and attention. DanceDevelopment Officers are dance activistswho havea huge impact in their areas and have catalysedthe creation of some of our established danceagencies. GSD has funded four newposts throughpartnershipswith local authorities and artsorganisations in four areas thatwere previouslylacking dance development provision.

A full timeDDO in Perth&Kinrossworks in partnershipwith Perth&Kinross Council andHorsecross.

In theWestern Isles, two part-timeDDOs cover thediverse geography of the area in partnershipwith AnLanntair and Ceolas.

A full timeDDO for Inverclyde [pictured] is basedwithinthe BeaconArts Centre.

A newpartnership between Fife Council, Fife NHS andOn at Fife has placed a new full timeDDO in Fife.

Youth Dance CreatorsRecognising that there is a need for youngpeople to play amore active role in developingdance provision for children and young peoplein Scotland. YDance have beenworkingwithinspiring young people across Scotlandwhopromote and advocate for youth dance on a localand national level – addressing the Get ScotlandDancing initiative from a young person’s pointof view.

Youth Dance Creators are located in areaswithout dedicated Dance Development Officers,are 16-21 years old and are partneredwith alocalmentor. The Creatorsmeet for activity andtrainingweekendswhere they dance and learnabout project planning, budgeting,marketing andrunning events. Each Creator has a cash budget toput on events in their own areawhich they alsoevaluate and appraisewith the other Creators.

Gathered Together FestivalOver four days in August Scotland’s leadinginclusive dance development company,Indepen-dance, hosted the country’s firstInternational Inclusive Dance Festival as partof Get Scotland Dancing and the Glasgow2014Cultural Programme.

The Festival brought together dance artists andpeople from across the globe to share bestpractice and knowledge aswell as showingwork, includingworkshops, panel discussions,presentations and performances culminating ina ceilidh on the Saturday night.

Keynote speecheswere presented by Dr JennyElliot (Artscare /Orbit Dance Company) on danceandwell being; Professor SarahWhatley (Centrefor Dance Research) on training opportunities indance for peoplewith disabilities andGustavoFijalkow (M.A. ArtsManagement) onworking indance across theworld.

Practicalworkshopswith some of the leadingdisabled artists includingmembers of Axis DanceCompany (USA), Onil Vizciano (Spain), CarolineBowditch (Scotland) andAmyButler of StopGapDance.

The performance programme featured artists fromacross theworld including the UK première of AxisDance Company’sDivide choreographed byMarc Brewandwork by StopGapDance Company, Indepen-dance’sown dance companies and others from around theUK and Europe.

Get Dancin’Get Scotland Dancing partners across Scotlandoffered free taster classes so the public could trya dance class near them.

After running a pilotweek in January 2014 themaininitiativewas launched inMarch byHumza Yousaf,Minister for External Affairs and InternationalDevelopment [pictured]. Some providers offered specifictaster classes, others offered space in their existingclasses. Providerswere supportedwithmarketingmaterials and PR advice,many of themgained localmedia coverage for the first time because theywerepart of a national initiative.

“Wewere amazed by the popularity of the adult ballettasters whichwe titledHit the Barre. We ran threeworkshops eachwith 16 participants; some haddanced as children, some had even trained in danceas teenagers, and some had no previous danceexperience at all! Theworkshopswere absolutelyamazing andwe all had a blast. The feedbackwasextremely positive, somuch so that we have put threeclasses into our regular timetable and they are fullalready!We also had eight ladies join our existingadult tap dancing class.”

AmandaClark, Central Scotland Ballet School

Photo credits in order of appearanceGet Scotland Dancing press launch ColinHattersley

TheWorld’s Biggest Tea Dance, Dance Base, Edinburgh Maria Falconer

Do Your Thing Class, Dundee Dance Partneraship VickyWilson

The Big Dance Pledge, Edinburgh event DrewFarrell

The Commonwealth Ceilidh Various images submitted fromevents around theworld

Dance-alongMovie:Grease, Edinburgh FrancescaDymond

Dance-alongMovie:Dirty Dancing, Aberdeen JamesAllenby

Underhand Dance’s Held Up, Macrobert’s Let’s Dance Festival, Stirling BrianHartley

Ragtime Picnic, Eden Court EwenWeatherspoon

Commonwealth Youth Dance Festival, YDance PaulWatt

The Big Commonwealth Dance, Glasgow LeaskPhotography

Festival 2014, GlasgowGreen JamesAllenby

The Four Seasons, Aberdeen International Youth Festvial SimonScott

The Big Dance Pledge TheBeaconArtsCentre

Youth Dance Creators, YDance YvonneYoung

Gathered Together Festival, Indepen-dance BrianHartley

Get Dancin’ launch ColinHattersley

The Barrowlands Prokect, Michael Clark Company/Dance House, Glasgow HugoGlendinning

Get Scotland Dancing is an initiative led by Creative Scotland andwas delivered by:

Anita Clark, PortfolioManager

KatyMcKeown, Development Officer (to 2013)

JamesAllenby, ProjectManager (from2013)

Louise Hutson, Project Co-ordinator (2014)

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