Would you care to dance?

ORGANISERS of a mass-participation Olympic-themed dance event in Leeds are looking to recruit 1,962 dancers to join a performance at Temple Newsam Park in June.

Led by 50 dancers on stage from RJC Dance, Yorkshire Dance Youth, Northern School of Contemporary Dance and Phoenix Dance Theatre’s Youth Academy, Leeds Council and local charity Space2 are looking to put on a 2,012-dancer performance on Sunday June 24 to mark the Olympic Torch passing through the city. There will also be performance poetry and a mass sing led by international singer, jazz pianist and choirmaster Pete Churchill.

Above Jitka Tumova, centre, of Phoenix Dance company, rehearses with colleagues and members of local organisers at the company’s base in Quarry Hill, Leeds.

Information at www.leedstakespart.co.uk

picture: James Hardisty