Good luck to everyone taking part on 18 May!
Here's what you need to do to help us break the world record
1. RECORD - Complete a paper register and store this safely in your own records. Allocate one supervisor per 50 participants - all of whom should watch the full 5 minutes and then each complete and sign a personalised witness statement. Make sure you also have 2 overall witnesses to verify the attempt. Be sure to count by arranging dancers in line and grid formations. For full details on verifying the record, click here.
2. TEXT - As the performance finishes one of your supervisors or your witness should immediately send us an SMS text of your data. All we need is BIGDANCE followed by the postcode of where you're performing, followed by the number of people performing where you are.
Example: BIGDANCE NH1 2BD 124
From the UK, text to 78866. From outside of the UK text +447786 200 100
Lines will close at 2pm BST on 18 May so don’t delay!
3. POST - After the event post us your signed witness and supervisor statements along with a CD of photo and video evidence soon as you can. We need to receive everything by no later than 1 June. Once we receive and process your data you'll be included on our online official roll of honour. Every contribution takes us one step closer to beating the Guinness World Record!
Sign-up to be part of the Big Dance Schools Pledge
The Schools Pledge is in two parts:
- Learn the choreography and take part in a Guinness World Record attempt for the 'Largest Dance Routine - Multi-venue' at 1pm on 18 May 2012
- Undertake to do an additional 20 minutes of dance a day during Big Dance week (7-15 July 2012)
Click here to register and access the schools resources
Read our Frequently Asked Questions and Adaptation Guidelines for more information on the Guinness World Record and the dance routine.
FAQ School's Pledge
Schools Pledge Adaptation Guidance
Choreography
Wayne McGregor CBE, Artistic Director of Wayne McGregor | Random Dance and Resident Choreographer at the Royal Ballet, has created the 5 minute choreography to music by Scanner and Joel Cadbury for the Guinness World Record attempt. Wayne said about the choreography.
"The Schools Pledge is a fantastic and fun opportunity for young people of all ages to learn a new dance inspired by the Olympics and to perform it as part of our Guinness World Record attempt. On the day the Olympic Torch arrives in the UK, young dancers throughout Britain and in our partner countries worldwide will share a unique moment in time, dancing together and in unison, sharing our passion for the art form we love. Everyone, take up the challenge, learn the dance, teach it to your friends, your class and your school and on Friday May 18th be a world record breaker!"
The Guinness World Record
We are working with the British Council to promote the Schools Pledge to schools across the world to beat the Guinness World Record for 'The Largest Dance Routine – Multi Venue'.
At 13:00 (British Summer Time – GMT +1) on 18 May 2012 schools around the world will go to their school halls, playgrounds, playing fields or to public spaces and perform the choreography. The current record is held by the Netherlands with 264,188 people and 1,472 locations.
For details on what you need to do to verify the world record, click here.
New Guinness World Record verification instructions: Please read if you are taking part!
Even if you can't take part in the Guinness World Record, please join us on 18 May as there will be a participation certificate to download for all schools that take part.
Login to sign up for Schools Pledge 2012 here
To sign up for the pledge you first need to login into your Profile or create an account.
Do upload your photos of your rehearsals for the Schools Pledge and of course the final performance.
Here is the link: http://www.flickr.com/groups/1879126@N22
Arts Award
Use the Big Dance Schools Pledge as your inspiration to celebrate London 2012 and gain yourself a Special Edition Arts Award too! Dance your way to an Arts Award qualification. Download the Big Dance Schools Pledge mapping document or visit the Arts Award website for more information.
We've been asking our friends around the globe to translate the Schools Pledge for us. This is what we've got so far. Let us know if you can help with any others:
Chinese, French, Gaelic, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Norweigan, Polish, Portuguese, Romainian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Welsh.
Join the Get Set network - London 2012 wants to reward you
Schools and colleges that participate in the Big Dance programme will be recognised by London 2012 with a plaque and certificate, and will be granted the right to use the London 2012 education logo on their website, school/college sign and letterhead.
These schools and colleges can also access exclusive rewards such as tours of the Olympic Park, visits from athletes and receive priority access to tickets to the Games through the London 2012 Ticketshare initiative! All they have to do, is complete the simple application to join the London 2012 Get Set network, visit www.london2012.com/getset to find out more.
If you would like to share Big Dance activity with a partner school, The British Council can help you do this.
Big Dance is working with the British Council to develop and promote the Big Dance Schools Pledge to schools around the world.
The British Council supports lasting partnerships between schools in the UK and other countries with the aim of increasing young people's capacity in the skills, understanding and outlook required to live and work in a global society.
For more information on how the British Council can help you share Big Dance activity with a partner school, please click here.
