Blackpool Dance Festival
Blackpool Dance Festival | |
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Dates | Annually, last week of May |
Location(s) | Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England |
Years active | 1920–present |
Founded by | Harry Wood, Nelson Sharples |
Website | www.blackpooldancefestival.com |
The 8-day Blackpool Dance Festival is the world's first and most famous annual
As of the early 21st century the festival is held in May. It covers
The Junior Dance Festival, Blackpool Sequence Dance Festival which incorporates the British Sequence Championships, and British National Dance Festival are also held annually in Blackpool.
The annual World Professional Dancesport Championship[2] is often held in Blackpool (5 times between 1989 and 2012), but is not connected with the Dance Festival.
The world's largest amateurs' dance festival is the annual Euro dance festival in Rust, Germany, where shows of professional dancers are combined with workshops for a wide range of dancers from beginners to professionals.
Cultural references
It was depicted in the 1996 award-winning Japanese film, Shall We ダンス?, directed by Masayuki Suo and again, in the 2004 U.S. remake Shall We Dance?. Mai, played by Tamiyo Kusakari in the original film, and Paulina, played by Jennifer Lopez in the 2004 film, competed in the Dance Championship when, together with their partners; both suffered a fall during the semi-finals, causing them to be disqualified.
References
- ^ "Blackpool Dance Festival". Archived from the original on 2 March 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- ^ World Professional Dance Sport Championship, Blackpool, England