Recreate an iconic dance scene – and win prizes!

Posted on July 11, 2014

Can you twist like John Travolta? Tap like Shirley Temple? Well now is your chance to show off your moves in the BFI’s Gotta Dance, Gotta Dance! competition in association with Big Dance.

Simply film your re-creation – anything from three seconds to three minutes – and then submit it to one of the BFI’s or Big Dance’s social media channels or email.

Need some inspiration? Check out the BFI’s guide to 36 amazing dance scenes or the films being shown this July and August.

To mark their fantastic two-month season of dance on film at the BFI Southbank, the kind folks at the BFI have put together a dance goody bag worth over £600 to get those feet tapping. With prizes including Bloch merchandise, cinema and show tickets, there’s never been a better time to get dancing! For details on the competition and prizes, follow this link. 

Enter via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or email (social.media@bfi.org.uk). Entries must be submitted by 12pm on July 21, 2014 – always using #mydancemovies

Nicola Rayner

Nicola Rayner was editor of Dance Today from 2010 to 2015. She has written for a number of publications including The Guardian, The Independent and Time Out Buenos Aires, where she cut her teeth as a dance journalist working on the tango section. Today she continues to dance everything from ballroom to breakdance, with varying degrees of success. Her debut novel, The Girl Before You, is out in May 2019.