0:00:02 > 0:00:05MUSIC: Carnival Of The Animals, The Birds
0:00:08 > 0:00:12In one British town, something special is happening.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18On this calm summer's morning, hundreds are gathering...
0:00:20 > 0:00:23..to take part in a one-off dance event that celebrates
0:00:23 > 0:00:26their history and heritage...
0:00:26 > 0:00:30We're here, in the 21st century, and we need to be put on the map.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34..and tells the story of what makes them and their town unique.
0:00:34 > 0:00:38I've been here a long time. In textiles, probably 50 years.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42Helping to bring those stories to life is West End choreographer
0:00:42 > 0:00:43Steve Elias.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46- Let's dance! - CHEERING
0:00:46 > 0:00:47Dance can do so much.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51It unites, it allows people to express themselves,
0:00:51 > 0:00:54it celebrates, it entertains.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Dance, I believe, has the power to be life-changing.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02After a 25-year career, with starring roles in hit shows like
0:01:02 > 0:01:07Billy Elliot and Guys And Dolls, Steve is taking on a new challenge.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10- Hiya. Do you dance? - I certainly don't.- No?
0:01:10 > 0:01:13He's spending the summer in Yorkshire,
0:01:13 > 0:01:16where he wants to get three very different towns dancing.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Right, left, step, hair. You got it!
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Keep on going, guys, we'll never get there!
0:01:24 > 0:01:25At the end of the summer,
0:01:25 > 0:01:29Steve's master plan is to bring all three towns together in York
0:01:29 > 0:01:34for one final extravaganza that celebrates the whole of the county.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Personally, I think he's raving bonkers.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39This week, Steve's in Huddersfield.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42- I will get you dancing. - Nobody's managed it yet.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Ignore the rain!
0:01:49 > 0:01:51As I thought, carnage!
0:01:57 > 0:02:00Steve Elias is heading to Huddersfield,
0:02:00 > 0:02:04a West Yorkshire town midway between Manchester and Leeds.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06I don't know too much about it,
0:02:06 > 0:02:10apart from the fact that it was an old mill town and also,
0:02:10 > 0:02:13it's bigger than the other towns that I've visited so far.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16I want to see hundreds of people snaking through the streets.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19You know, local industries, local groups,
0:02:19 > 0:02:21all the different dance styles coming together.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25Huddersfield is Steve's biggest town yet.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29With a population of 160,000, it has a culturally-diverse community.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32I want to go bigger, I want to make this performance bigger,
0:02:32 > 0:02:34but the moment that you go even bigger,
0:02:34 > 0:02:37there are more things that can go wrong.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Huh! And my stomach's just turned, just thinking about it.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46So far, Steve's enjoyed success in Barnsley...
0:02:46 > 0:02:48CHEERING
0:02:48 > 0:02:52It warms the cockles of this old man's heart.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56..and Skipton, where almost 300 people took to the streets
0:02:56 > 0:02:58in celebration of their home town.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00CHEERING
0:03:00 > 0:03:02It's Yorkshire pride at its best.
0:03:02 > 0:03:07Those performances were inspired by London's Olympic opening ceremony,
0:03:07 > 0:03:09where dancers and non-dancers alike
0:03:09 > 0:03:12came together in a display of unity and national pride.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17And now, Steve hopes to bring the same spectacular vision
0:03:17 > 0:03:18to Huddersfield.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23I want to use the stories of the people who I'll meet,
0:03:23 > 0:03:26and choreograph something which is unique to them.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Something which tells their stories,
0:03:28 > 0:03:31to celebrate the place where they live.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Here we go, Huddersfield.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42What you notice the minute you get off the train is the grandeur.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46This kind of mixture of Victorian and Georgian architecture.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51I didn't expect anything like this. It's a readymade dance space.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54It's just crying out to be performed on.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57Um...and then you look there,
0:03:57 > 0:04:01what a way to frame the dance piece in some way.
0:04:01 > 0:04:06It's such a stunning train station and it's got this beautiful facade.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10Built in 1850, Huddersfield's Grade I listed train station
0:04:10 > 0:04:13was once described by poet John Betjeman
0:04:13 > 0:04:15as the most splendid facade in England.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20And here we've got an imposing statue of Harold Wilson,
0:04:20 > 0:04:22who was born in Huddersfield.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Great man.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27I just need now to get into the heart of the town, really,
0:04:27 > 0:04:29and see what makes it tick.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Steve's arranged to meet local historian Cyril.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39- So you must be Cyril.- Hi, Steve. - Nice to meet you.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42Tell me, what is Huddersfield all about?
0:04:42 > 0:04:45You can't talk about the history of Huddersfield without talking
0:04:45 > 0:04:48about the textile industry and its mills,
0:04:48 > 0:04:50and about the people who made it all.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54Wool-textile working in the Pennines goes back to the late Middle Ages.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57It really took off in Huddersfield in the latter part of the 19th,
0:04:57 > 0:05:00early part of the 20th century.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03And when that happened, everything else followed.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05If you look at the population of Huddersfield,
0:05:05 > 0:05:09at the beginning of the 19th century, it's a mere 8,000.
0:05:09 > 0:05:14By the eve of the 1950s, it's a population of 130,000 to 140,000.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16With generation after generation of families
0:05:16 > 0:05:19working usually in the same mill.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23And then, of course, by the late 1950s,
0:05:23 > 0:05:26you start to see immigration from Pakistan and from India,
0:05:26 > 0:05:28and, of course, at the same time, from the West Indies.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31The Windrush generation and thereafter.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33And they brought their own traditions.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35The Caribbean community brought with them carnival.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38And that's been going strong here in Huddersfield
0:05:38 > 0:05:39for quite a number of years.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43Due to funding cuts, this year's carnival won't take place.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Steve wants to ensure that the longstanding tradition
0:05:46 > 0:05:48will feature strongly in his plan.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Just imagine the carnival filling the streets.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53The atmosphere must be amazing.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56And then you've got hundreds of people on the streets
0:05:56 > 0:05:58also dancing, soaking up that atmosphere.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00So that's what I want to do.
0:06:00 > 0:06:05I want to kind of recreate that atmosphere again and just celebrate.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Right. What do you think of dancing?
0:06:12 > 0:06:15- Dancing?- Yeah.- I love it.- Love it?
0:06:15 > 0:06:18- Do you have a signature move? - It's literally just a two-step.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Brilliant! Show me the two-step.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23Steve takes to the streets to see how much enthusiasm
0:06:23 > 0:06:25Huddersfield has for dancing.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29If I said to you, do you dance...?
0:06:29 > 0:06:32At my wedding. I did at my wedding. Yes, I did there.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35He's hoping to get as many people as possible
0:06:35 > 0:06:38to a town meeting he's organised in two days' time.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41- Could you show me a move? - Oh, really?- A step?
0:06:41 > 0:06:44- That's so funny!- Yeah, just one.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46THEY LAUGH
0:06:47 > 0:06:50There's a meeting tomorrow, if you're free. Do you like dancing?
0:06:50 > 0:06:54- I'm going tonight.- What style? - Line dancing.- Fabulous!
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Take one of those.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Let me give you that. There's a meeting on tomorrow.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04A big celebration performance, which I'm choreographing.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08- I need a cast of 300, 400, 500. - Yeah, OK.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12- Hiya! Do you dance?- Hiya. Absolutely no.- No?- No.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16I'll leave you one of these and if you could spread the word...?
0:07:16 > 0:07:18- It's all about celebrating Huddersfield.- OK, yeah.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21- Hello!- Hi!
0:07:21 > 0:07:23I want to ask you one question.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25- Yeah.- What do you think about dance?
0:07:25 > 0:07:28- I love it.- I love it. - I love house music.- Go on, then.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30- Because I love cutting shapes. - Brilliant. You show us.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Oh, my God!
0:07:35 > 0:07:37Yeah!
0:07:37 > 0:07:38# House every weekend! #
0:07:38 > 0:07:40THEY LAUGH
0:07:40 > 0:07:42- Is that all right?- Yeah. I love it. High five.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Perhaps it's luck.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47At the moment, I'm riding on the crest of a wave, so...
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Yeah, great.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55Hoping to fill the void left by this year's cancelled carnival,
0:07:55 > 0:07:58Steve's arranged to meet a dance troupe who attend every year.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02They're led by 23-year-old Paige.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05UPBEAT MUSIC
0:08:07 > 0:08:10- Are you Paige?- I am.- I'm Steve. Sorry to interrupt, guys.- It's OK.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12- Nice to meet you.- Nice to meet you.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14I'm Steve, I'm a choreographer.
0:08:14 > 0:08:20- Oh, wow. OK.- And I'm in Huddersfield because I'm creating
0:08:20 > 0:08:24- a performance to celebrate dance in Huddersfield.- OK.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28- And all the various groups. - OK. Sounds good.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31So, what's the influences of this style of movement?
0:08:31 > 0:08:34This style, all the kind of hip movements and shoulders.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38It's all very Caribbean-influenced and comes, actually,
0:08:38 > 0:08:40way back from Africa, right back to our roots.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43- I'm loving what I'm seeing.- Well, we are the best, aren't we, guys?
0:08:43 > 0:08:45- ALL: Yes! - So, can I join in?
0:08:45 > 0:08:47UPBEAT MUSIC
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Fingers!
0:08:54 > 0:08:58# Ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay Ah. #
0:08:58 > 0:09:02- So that was fantastic.- Did you enjoy it?- Yeah, really enjoyed it.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05- I'm glad.- I can see why carnival is so infectious.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07We all look forward to it every year.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10I had my first carnival, I was 11 months old, and ever since then,
0:09:10 > 0:09:13I'm now 23, every single year of my life,
0:09:13 > 0:09:15I've been in Huddersfield Carnival.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17CHEERING
0:09:17 > 0:09:20Huddersfield Carnival first took place in 1984.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27It became one of the largest outdoor festivals in West Yorkshire,
0:09:27 > 0:09:30attracting over 30,000 visitors to a parade filled with
0:09:30 > 0:09:33flamboyant costumes that could take months to make.
0:09:36 > 0:09:37This is the first year that there isn't one.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40And for me, that's heartbreaking, it really is heartbreaking.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42It's something that I've done with my grandma.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44My grandma brought me up to do with the carnival.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47- When you talk about carnival, you just light up.- I love it!- I know.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50- It's like it runs in your blood. - Yeah, yeah.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52And that's what it is, it really is just in my blood.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54I've never known anything different.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58This performance that I'm thinking about celebrating Huddersfield,
0:09:58 > 0:10:02I'm just thinking about one massive celebration which moves...
0:10:02 > 0:10:04- A bit like a carnival!- Yeah. ..through Hud... Yeah.- Yeah!
0:10:04 > 0:10:06- I'd love you to be involved. - Thank you!
0:10:06 > 0:10:10Because I think this dance seems to be as important as
0:10:10 > 0:10:13- Huddersfield cloth.- I think it'll be amazing, yeah.- Fantastic!
0:10:13 > 0:10:16- You going to do a bit more bum wiggling with us?- I'll give it a go.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19- Yes!- Come on then, come on then, come on.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22# Ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay-ay Ah. #
0:10:26 > 0:10:28I'm exhausted, I'm out of breath.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32That made me feel fantastic!
0:10:32 > 0:10:35Paige really does have carnival running through her veins.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37You can see she's so proud of it.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40The Huddersfield performance definitely has to have some of that.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57After two days of handing out flyers and spreading the word,
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Steve is about to find out how keen
0:10:59 > 0:11:03Huddersfield is on taking part in his dance special.
0:11:03 > 0:11:08I'm hoping that any minute now, this empty hall will soon be full.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11That's what I'm hoping, but I don't know.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14I need a cast of 400, 500.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16I know I'm thinking big.
0:11:16 > 0:11:22I'd rather it fail, but at least I've tried, than just playing safe.
0:11:22 > 0:11:23That's what it's about.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27I want to give the town of Huddersfield something to remember.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41- Hello.- Hiya.- Are you here for the meeting?
0:11:41 > 0:11:43- Yes.- Brilliant! I'm Steve.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45- Steve.- I'm the choreographer.- Right.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47If you just go in there, take a seat
0:11:47 > 0:11:49and we'll just wait for the rest, hopefully.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Welcome.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55- Are you here for the meeting? - We are. Is it that way?
0:11:55 > 0:11:57- I'm Steve. Yes. Just go in. - Thanks.- Hiya.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59- Hiya.- Hi!- Hello.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03- Oh, hiya!- Hi!- Ah! - You've met me before.- Yeah!
0:12:11 > 0:12:14Hello! Hello, hello, hello, hello!
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Thank you. Thank you so much for turning up today.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19I don't know how many we've got. Over 100.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22So hands up who are established dancers.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28- And what do you do?- We dance, sing. - Dance.- You do everything.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31You're the triple threats. Any more groups here?
0:12:31 > 0:12:34- Huddersfield Crusaders Majorettes. - Baton?
0:12:34 > 0:12:37- We've got pompoms, we can do both.- Oh, OK.
0:12:37 > 0:12:38THEY LAUGH
0:12:38 > 0:12:41Confident. I like it! Gents, what do you do?
0:12:41 > 0:12:44We do Sikh martial art, so we perform to music.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48- It's usually around swords. - I've never come across that.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Hopefully you'll teach me some. Who have we got down here? Sir?
0:12:50 > 0:12:53- We do Bhangra dancing.- Bhangra. Fantastic! Um...sir?
0:12:53 > 0:12:57- Have you ever danced in a boxing ring?- Onstage, yes.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59We're from Rawthorpe Amateur Boxing Club
0:12:59 > 0:13:02and we might get you dancing in a boxing ring, we'll see how fast...
0:13:02 > 0:13:05- I'll give it a go. - What do you think?- Yes, very good.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07I don't know how good I am, but I'll give it a go.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09LAUGHTER
0:13:11 > 0:13:14So, hands up who considers themselves a non-dancer.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18That's it, stick your hand up and go, "I am a non-dancer."
0:13:18 > 0:13:22Don't write yourself off, gentleman at the back laughing up there.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25Just think, "I can learn a new skill."
0:13:25 > 0:13:27It might open an door and you'll go, "Do you know what?
0:13:27 > 0:13:30"Who knew I had a hidden passion for tango?"
0:13:30 > 0:13:33Just stand up for a minute. Just stand up.
0:13:33 > 0:13:34Not a big deal.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39First of all, it's just your head.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43You're going, "Yeah, OK. I'm looking good."
0:13:43 > 0:13:47That's it. Now, just as the rhythm takes over your feet,
0:13:47 > 0:13:51just kind of let it go. Don't even think about that you're dancing.
0:13:51 > 0:13:52There's no right or wrong.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54That's it, go!
0:13:54 > 0:13:57MUSIC: Respect by Aretha Franklin
0:13:57 > 0:13:59I want you to get bigger! Bolder!
0:13:59 > 0:14:03Here we go. It's easy! We're going to go...
0:14:10 > 0:14:13That's it! That's it! That's it!
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Yeah! Ha-ha-ha! That's it!
0:14:19 > 0:14:22That's it. There we are. I could see you wanting to do that all night!
0:14:22 > 0:14:24HE LAUGHS
0:14:24 > 0:14:27Back to your seats! Slowly!
0:14:28 > 0:14:31I'm here to create a one-off performance
0:14:31 > 0:14:34all about the people who live and work here.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36You're my ambassadors, really.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39It's for you to go out and spread the word.
0:14:39 > 0:14:40This is just the start,
0:14:40 > 0:14:45but it's all about celebrating what you have as a community.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Putting Huddersfield on the map.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51All these people, how on earth are we going to get us all
0:14:51 > 0:14:53dancing together in the streets of Huddersfield?
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Like, that's really, really crazy.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59But, God, if he thinks he can do it, then we're all up for it.
0:14:59 > 0:15:00He's got a big challenge ahead of him,
0:15:00 > 0:15:03but I think he's the right man for the job.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07If he can do something with people like us, all I can say is,
0:15:07 > 0:15:09he's a very good man.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Well, all I can say is he's got a good head of hair just at present,
0:15:12 > 0:15:15but by the time he's finished, he'll probably look like me.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17- He probably will! - THEY LAUGH
0:15:18 > 0:15:20I'm a bit lost for words.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23We had hundreds of people just dancing and grooving
0:15:23 > 0:15:28and meeting people and dancing with people they'd never met.
0:15:28 > 0:15:29And that's what it's about.
0:15:29 > 0:15:34It's about celebration, it's about bringing communities together.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36That was a real powerful moment.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50Dixons ice-cream shop has had customers queuing around the block
0:15:50 > 0:15:55for their famous milk ices since the summer of 1961.
0:15:55 > 0:15:56I'll give it a go.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01That's amazing. This is fantastic!
0:16:01 > 0:16:05Current owner Charles has worked here since he was nine years old.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Right. This is Nancy, Steve.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09- Hi, Nancy. - Hello. Pleased to meet you.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11- You were at the meeting.- Yes, I was.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15So, um...what did you think of the mission?
0:16:15 > 0:16:18I could see your vision, but Charles didn't, I'm afraid.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22But once we'd had a conversation, then he actually said,
0:16:22 > 0:16:24"Oh, I see what you mean now."
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Nancy and Charles have been married for 33 years.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35We met at junior school and we were in the same class
0:16:35 > 0:16:37and he used to want to carry my books home for me.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Charles used to always ask me to dance.
0:16:41 > 0:16:45I suppose dance was one way which actually meant he could hold me.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Cheeky thing!
0:16:47 > 0:16:52Unfortunately, I ended up losing a big toenail, he kept standing on it.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55So we eventually decided not to bother with dancing any more.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01Charles has worked ever since he was a little boy.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03It's been extremely hard,
0:17:03 > 0:17:05especially when the children were a lot younger.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09He used to be working 20 out of 24 hours in the day.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12I am looking forward to him retiring.
0:17:12 > 0:17:17Sometimes when you're working, you lose that contact with each other.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20And doing something like dance brings you back together again.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25- If I could get you dancing together? - That would be a challenge.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27STEVE LAUGHS
0:17:27 > 0:17:30- A big challenge!- Look at your face!
0:17:30 > 0:17:33Da-da-da-da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35You can go under...
0:17:36 > 0:17:38..you can turn around.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41- It's the variations for me.- Yeah.
0:17:41 > 0:17:42I can learn one thing.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45You...out. You've got it.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48There we are, see? Straight away. 30 seconds, that's all it takes.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53- I will get you dancing. - If you can get me dancing,
0:17:53 > 0:17:56you'll be a good 'un because nobody's managed it yet.
0:17:56 > 0:17:57THEY LAUGH
0:18:00 > 0:18:03Charles and his wife, Nancy, I've got them onboard.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06Hopefully they'll be doing a nice little pas de deux.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10I can teach Charles to dance. He's already made that first step.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13He already tried to dance with his wife.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15They're really going to get something from this.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17They're really going to benefit.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21There's nothing better than seeing two people who love each other just
0:18:21 > 0:18:23dancing across the dance floor.
0:18:23 > 0:18:27That might be just the old romantic in me, I don't know.
0:18:35 > 0:18:36I'm in the right place.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42At the meeting, Steve came across two dance groups -
0:18:42 > 0:18:43Bhangra and ballet.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47He's asked both to a rehearsal to bring their two styles together.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51Hardeep, how are you? All right? I've come dressed.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54And he's got expert Hardeep to run a workshop.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Two, one, go.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58RHYTHMIC DRUMMING
0:19:14 > 0:19:16It's just simple steps put together,
0:19:16 > 0:19:21but what makes it intrinsically Bhangra is the use of arms.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25The girls can pick up the step, but if you look at Hardeep,
0:19:25 > 0:19:27he's as one with it.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34It's lovely to watch Hardeep, the way he uses his energy.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36We can do all that, but that doesn't...
0:19:36 > 0:19:39We know it doesn't look like that.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42The phrase in Bhangra is chak de phatte, which means "lift the floorboards".
0:19:42 > 0:19:46So it is literally kind of putting that energy back in the floorboards
0:19:46 > 0:19:47and just, you know, raising it.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50And when you see Bhangra dancers, they'll have ankle bells
0:19:50 > 0:19:53and they're churning the dust up as they're dancing.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56And it's a beautiful scene when you see them dancing in the Punjab.
0:19:56 > 0:20:03I'm just playing with how I can use Hardeep's fantastic technique
0:20:03 > 0:20:06and style to create something new.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10Take all the elements and make it specifically for our performance.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13What I want you to do is... hup, hup.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17Then I want you to go, one pirouette, two pirouette.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20When the drums start, it's as if you can't help yourself.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23Move as if the rhythm takes you.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Six, seven, eight.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27And one, two, three and four.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31And five and six, seven, eight, and one and two.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34RHYTHMIC DRUMMING
0:20:40 > 0:20:43And back, six, seven, eight, and one! Hello!
0:20:43 > 0:20:45Hup!
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Hey!
0:20:47 > 0:20:48Turn!
0:20:48 > 0:20:52Turn, turn, turn, turn, turn, turn, turn and jump!
0:20:52 > 0:20:53Oooh!
0:20:53 > 0:20:56Combining ballet with Bhangra is totally different,
0:20:56 > 0:20:57but I think it was...
0:20:57 > 0:21:00I don't know, it was really unusual.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05It's something completely different to what we normally do.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08It's nothing like ballet or tap, it's completely different.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Thank you so much, Hardeep. You've been brilliant.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:21:14 > 0:21:17I love it. Thank you. Thank you so much.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19Also, you're going to start my show.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22I'm going to have you just walking down on your own on a street.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24- Yeah, that's fine. - And you're going to play that...
0:21:24 > 0:21:27- With the drum.- Yeah. ..as if you're calling the community together.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30- Yeah, that's exactly what my dad used to do.- Brilliant! Yeah.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33Well, originally, it used to be like a town crier,
0:21:33 > 0:21:36- so the person with...- Perfect! - ..would bring the town together.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39- You've got my starring role. - Thank you.- Brilliant! No, thank YOU.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42- I think you're amazing.- Thank you very much.- OK. Good to see you.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45- Thank you.- Absolutely amazing. Absolutely amazing, yeah.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49- The students are superb. They picked it up just like that.- Yeah.
0:21:49 > 0:21:50I really enjoyed it, as well.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52It was really fun and a good atmosphere.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55It's good that he was able to stand back a bit
0:21:55 > 0:21:58and kind of take those kind of nuances and mix them together.
0:21:58 > 0:21:59- Yeah.- I think that was really good.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02I think Hardeep is an incredible teacher.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06He's enthused that class, who have never done Bhangra before.
0:22:06 > 0:22:11Now we have Bhangra fusion. I'm very excited for the final performance.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15If that's just a taster of what we're going to have, look out.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17That's all I can say.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19RHYTHMIC DRUMMING
0:22:27 > 0:22:31Huddersfield's reputation was built on its textile industry.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33And keen to reflect this heritage in his dance,
0:22:33 > 0:22:36Steve's arranged to visit a local mill.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Huddersfield is famous for its cloth.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42It used to be a thriving industry,
0:22:42 > 0:22:45but now there's only a few cloth mills still in production.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47I've managed to speak to one.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50Once they know what my mission is,
0:22:50 > 0:22:52I think they'll be quite happy to be part of it.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54I'd like to think so, anyway.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59- Hiya, are you Carolyn?- Yes, I am. - I'm Steve.- Hi. Pleased to meet you.
0:22:59 > 0:23:00Nice to meet you.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Thank you so much for agreeing to show me around the mill.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06- It's no problem at all. - I've been desperate to see one since I've been in Huddersfield.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08Great, great. All right, would you like to come this way?
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Yeah, please. Thank you.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18Here are some of the relics of the industry.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21That's not the staff, by the way.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27Taylor & Lodge are one of the oldest wool manufacturers in the town,
0:23:27 > 0:23:30having moved to their current location on the edge of the Pennines
0:23:30 > 0:23:32in the 19th century.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35They gained fame in the 1960s for weaving cloth
0:23:35 > 0:23:38for the Duke of Edinburgh, Prime Minister Harold Wilson
0:23:38 > 0:23:40and the Lord Mayor of London.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44- How long has the mill been established?- Since 1883.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46There would have probably been
0:23:46 > 0:23:49in excess of 200 employees at that time.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52Now, we're probably operating on around 70 staff.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56To be fully trained could take seven years. There's a lot to learn.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00How important is cloth to Huddersfield?
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Well, it's very important.
0:24:02 > 0:24:08Many years ago, this whole street that we're on was full of mills.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10We're the only operational mill on this road now.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13One of the reasons why certain companies have survived
0:24:13 > 0:24:17is that they're producing sort of high-value,
0:24:17 > 0:24:19high-quality luxury cloths,
0:24:19 > 0:24:24which are probably not so easy to be replicated by other countries.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27We supply to people like Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent,
0:24:27 > 0:24:30Dries van Noten from Belgium.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36Steve's hoping he can get some of the mill workers onboard.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41- Hi, Jake, I'm Steve.- You all right, mate?- All right, yeah.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44So I understand you came in as an apprentice,
0:24:44 > 0:24:45or are you still an apprentice?
0:24:45 > 0:24:47I'm still an apprentice now, still learning.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51- So, how long have you been working here?- About a year and a half now.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54And how long have you got still training?
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Oh, it could two to three years
0:24:56 > 0:25:00until I'm completely fluent in it, so you'd say.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02If I say Jake's the younger generation,
0:25:02 > 0:25:04how long have you been here?
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Oh, I've been here a long time.
0:25:06 > 0:25:10- In total, in textiles, probably 50 years.- Wow!
0:25:10 > 0:25:14I'm in Huddersfield because I'm choreographing a performance piece.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17I'd love you to be involved. What do you think?
0:25:19 > 0:25:22You're not in Lycra, you're not kicking your legs, as such.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25You're not doing anything which you'd feel embarrassed.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27In fact, it's more kind of,
0:25:27 > 0:25:30"We're proud that we create Huddersfield cloth."
0:25:30 > 0:25:33- Right.- I'm happy.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38Yeah, Jake, you're up for it? Malcolm, you want to think about it?
0:25:38 > 0:25:40- I'll think about it.- OK.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43I think it's quite a good idea. I think it's very different.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46I've never heard owt like it before. It's good.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49It's quite a novel idea, but, um...
0:25:49 > 0:25:52I think it's more for the younger generation
0:25:52 > 0:25:55than, you know, than myself.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57The mill workers are onboard.
0:25:57 > 0:26:01I'm not sure how many as yet, but I wanted to represent them
0:26:01 > 0:26:04because they're an integral part of Huddersfield.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07The industry gave Huddersfield its architecture,
0:26:07 > 0:26:11its history and it's what attracted people from across the world,
0:26:11 > 0:26:13making Huddersfield what it is today.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17A brilliant mix of history, culture and diversity.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34Three weeks away from the performance,
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Steve's holding his first open rehearsal
0:26:36 > 0:26:40for a mix of gifted amateurs and enthusiastic beginners,
0:26:40 > 0:26:43including Charles and Nancy and Hardeep.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49So you're going, three, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
0:26:51 > 0:26:56It has to keep on moving. This is about you making it your own.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58You feel cool.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Let's go right from the top.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03Steve will choreograph a routine to a specific track
0:27:03 > 0:27:05for each of the many groups he works with.
0:27:05 > 0:27:09The song he's working to today is classic swing track
0:27:09 > 0:27:12Sing, Sing, Sing by Benny Goodman.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16I decided to use Sing, Sing, Sing for a purely selfish reason.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19It's what propelled me to dance in the first place.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22I used to dance to this track with my aunties.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27It's got a strong, simple swing beat that appeals to all ages.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29The beat of the rhythm is infectious.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31You can't help but dance to it.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Charles, er...he's my challenge.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40It'd help if there were that many people, you could just disappear.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42- Nobody would ever really see you. - Well, I hope so.- Yeah.
0:27:42 > 0:27:49Yes, er...he clicks on the offbeat, yes, he walks out of time.
0:27:49 > 0:27:53But he is moving his body in the right direction.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59And he's dancing with his wife, and he hasn't injured her.
0:27:59 > 0:28:00That's it!
0:28:00 > 0:28:02- Whoo!- Run, run, run!
0:28:02 > 0:28:03APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:28:03 > 0:28:06That's it. brilliant.
0:28:06 > 0:28:07Brilliant. So...
0:28:07 > 0:28:09You're not bad. You're not bad.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12I am going to make a Gene Kelly out of you, I'm telling you now.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15Step across. In front, in front.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17Ruby has been dancing for 12 years
0:28:17 > 0:28:21and has come along with her mum, Mandy, who's more of a novice.
0:28:25 > 0:28:30The two of them live just around the corner from grandmother Denise.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32Yeah, that's your mam on the swing.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34That is me! Look at my legs there.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37Ruby, your legs were just the same when you were that age.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39Now you know, don't you, where you get it from.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42Me and my mum adore watching Ruby dance.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45I feel quite part of it when I'm sat in the audience, you know,
0:28:45 > 0:28:46like the doting mum.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49Growing up in the '70s,
0:28:49 > 0:28:52we were the only white and Asian family within the school
0:28:52 > 0:28:55and my dad wouldn't have really appreciated me
0:28:55 > 0:28:57spending all this time dancing,
0:28:57 > 0:29:01when they concentrated more on the academic side, studying.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03Who's this here, this handsome man?
0:29:03 > 0:29:06- That's Grandad. - Yeah, it's Grandad, that.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09- And when was that, Mum?- 1961.
0:29:09 > 0:29:14After we got married, we just lived in a bedsit.
0:29:14 > 0:29:18This last few months, really, within our family, we've had a tough time.
0:29:18 > 0:29:23My dad recently passed away and it's been really hard on all the family.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26That's Ruby when she was tiny, sat with Grandad there.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29That's the age that you started watching Asian films.
0:29:29 > 0:29:33A few weeks before he died, I was watching a film with him...
0:29:33 > 0:29:36Don't get me upset. She does it every time!
0:29:39 > 0:29:42My dad as known as a quiet man. He would do anything for anybody.
0:29:42 > 0:29:44And I think it was because he married a white lady
0:29:44 > 0:29:46that people thought he was very different.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48So he was treated differently.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50My dad did have different things to face
0:29:50 > 0:29:53from within his own circle of people.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55And Grandad with no grey hair.
0:29:55 > 0:29:57- Because I think he's always had grey hair...- Yeah.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59- I've never seen Grandad... - With black hair.
0:29:59 > 0:30:00Yeah. Always with grey hair.
0:30:00 > 0:30:04My dad lived for his fish and chips. That was his favourite meal.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06Every Friday, I'd visit the fish shop.
0:30:06 > 0:30:10It had to be at a certain time to do with his praying time.
0:30:10 > 0:30:11And if I was late coming back,
0:30:11 > 0:30:14he'd be stood on the road looking up and down, looking at his watch.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16I couldn't get here quick enough.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18The bread would be buttered and the plate would be warmed
0:30:18 > 0:30:20and they were gone within minutes.
0:30:22 > 0:30:23- Every Friday night. - It was dancing
0:30:23 > 0:30:27that stopped her sleeping here because she started lessons...
0:30:27 > 0:30:28On a Saturday morning.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31So that was the end of your sleeping at Nana's.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34One good thing that's been quite uplifting is me and Ruby,
0:30:34 > 0:30:37this bonding that we've had to do this dancing together,
0:30:37 > 0:30:40er...has been amazing.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42It'll be a lovely memory for us to treasure
0:30:42 > 0:30:45because there's not been many good things in the year.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52- So, you were in the Bhangra class? - Yeah, we were.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54- Mandy, you're Ruby's mum. - Yeah.- Do you dance?
0:30:54 > 0:30:57No. It wasn't something, really, that Muslim men would have wanted
0:30:57 > 0:31:00their daughters to do.
0:31:00 > 0:31:05- Keep up!- All she ever has done is watched her daughter perform.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07Step in front, step, click.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10It must be exciting
0:31:10 > 0:31:13to kind of shake off the shackles, really, and be free.
0:31:13 > 0:31:17Kick, down. One, two, three, kick, kick. Go, Charles!
0:31:17 > 0:31:19Yabba-boom-da-da!
0:31:19 > 0:31:22- Brilliant! - APPLAUSE
0:31:22 > 0:31:25Fabulous!
0:31:25 > 0:31:27That was great. Everyone enjoyed it.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31I think they see now that it's all doable
0:31:31 > 0:31:34and it's about giving them the confidence.
0:31:34 > 0:31:38Laying down that foundation so they can really own the dance.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40I'm really happy. It's a good start.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44You're the ambassadors now for Sing, Sing, Sing. Carry that forward.
0:31:44 > 0:31:45Brilliant. Thank you so much.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47APPLAUSE
0:32:04 > 0:32:08Not forgetting his invite, Steve's taken up the offer to visit
0:32:08 > 0:32:10Rawthorpe Amateur Boxing Club, run by Mark.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19Steve, hello, sir. How are you? Are you well?
0:32:19 > 0:32:20Good, good. Yeah, great set-up here.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22We're very passionate about what we're trying to do.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24We formed this club 18 years ago.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27I'm an ex-boxer and I want to use boxing
0:32:27 > 0:32:31to help people in different ways, to get people motivated.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34And that's exactly what I try to do through dance.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37- Similar.- Yeah. It's life skills.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40Positive mental attitude. And boxing can give that to people.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42Whether you've been a successful boxer or not,
0:32:42 > 0:32:45being around the boxing environment gives you that.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47So, am I going to put my life in your hands?
0:32:47 > 0:32:49Are you going to show me a couple of moves?
0:32:49 > 0:32:52- We can do, certainly.- Yeah?- Yeah. - I'll have a go.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57- I won't hit you... - Right.- ..that hard.
0:32:57 > 0:32:58STEVE LAUGHS
0:33:04 > 0:33:06We have to do the boxing stare-off.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11STEVE LAUGHS
0:33:11 > 0:33:13I'm going to dance about, see where your feet are going.
0:33:13 > 0:33:17It's all about dancing, so moving around. And you're just punching.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20Head, head moving. Come on! Hands up!
0:33:20 > 0:33:22Another punch!
0:33:24 > 0:33:26STEVE LAUGHS
0:33:26 > 0:33:28APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:33:31 > 0:33:33Wow! Always moving.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35It's fantastic!
0:33:35 > 0:33:37- Respect.- Cheers, man. - Absolutely respect.
0:33:39 > 0:33:43It's everything that I'm trying to do for Huddersfield in this project.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46And he's not fazed at all by the word "dance".
0:33:46 > 0:33:50Um...and that's really refreshing to hear.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53We'll see how many out of these get behind us.
0:33:53 > 0:33:57But also, it's given me a lot of inspiration for the piece.
0:33:57 > 0:34:01As more individuals and dance groups get onboard,
0:34:01 > 0:34:04Steve has to juggle rehearsals across the town.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06One, two, three, four.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09Now, this is a pivot step. Step up. That's it!
0:34:09 > 0:34:13Walk, step, smooth your hair, click.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15- THEY LAUGH - Easy as that.
0:34:15 > 0:34:19As well as the mill workers, a group of free-running kids have signed up.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22I think you're amazing.
0:34:22 > 0:34:24One, two, three, four, five...
0:34:24 > 0:34:27Along with majorettes and dance troops.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29And two and three, four, change.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38Also keen to play a part
0:34:38 > 0:34:40are the Gatka sword dancers from the town meeting.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47- Hi. Good to see you.- Hi, Steve. - Thanks so much for letting me come.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49No problem. Most welcome.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51Firstly, though, we need to cover your head.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53- OK.- Are you all right with a full turban?
0:34:53 > 0:34:56- Yeah, if you're fine with that. - Brilliant. Let's do it.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58The idea of keeping the head covered,
0:34:58 > 0:35:01- the first reason is to show respect to God.- Right.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05The second reason was to show equality.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07No matter your race, your gender, your social status,
0:35:07 > 0:35:10everyone in the eyes of God is equal, so therefore,
0:35:10 > 0:35:13we should all be able to wear God's crown.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16- I love that.- Looking smart. - I love that sentiment.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24This traditional form of combat is practised either as
0:35:24 > 0:35:27a sport or ritual.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30It originated in northern India and was established by the
0:35:30 > 0:35:32sixth Sikh Guru Hargobind in the 17th century.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47Brilliant. I love that.
0:35:47 > 0:35:52Now I've got to know a little bit more about the swords and what
0:35:52 > 0:35:55they mean in your culture, I'd love to show this.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57- Yeah.- Yeah.- Yeah!
0:35:57 > 0:36:02The way we usually end our routine is our volunteer is laid down
0:36:02 > 0:36:06with a melon on their stomach and then blindfolded.
0:36:06 > 0:36:11And I have to then basically cut the melon...
0:36:11 > 0:36:13I've suddenly got a dry mouth!
0:36:13 > 0:36:16I'm hoping you're not going to ask me to volunteer.
0:36:16 > 0:36:20Well, I think it's only fair if we ask you to take part in that.
0:36:22 > 0:36:23Um, yes. I'd love to.
0:36:23 > 0:36:25Brilliant.
0:36:25 > 0:36:26- This one.- OK.
0:36:26 > 0:36:28- Just there.- Yeah?
0:36:30 > 0:36:31Ooh, wow!
0:36:31 > 0:36:33Gosh!
0:36:33 > 0:36:38- That is hard.- Yeah, it takes years of practice.- Yeah.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45- You all right with that? - Yeah, thank you.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48MUSIC STARTS
0:37:11 > 0:37:15I didn't expect such force. It's lucky I've got a six-pack(!)
0:37:15 > 0:37:20I'd love to show this cos it's amazing. It's absolutely amazing.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23- Thank you, Jaz.- Thank you.- Thank you very much, guys. Very special.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25Thank you.
0:37:26 > 0:37:32Their sword set pieces are spiritual and religious.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34And therefore,
0:37:34 > 0:37:38we have to honour that, and that throws up challenges about
0:37:38 > 0:37:41how I can incorporate them with sensitivity,
0:37:41 > 0:37:46but what they represent in the community is essential.
0:37:55 > 0:37:59With numbers growing, Steve needs to start planning the route his
0:37:59 > 0:38:02dance will take through the streets of Huddersfield.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05So, this is the start of the route and this is where we have our
0:38:05 > 0:38:09solo drummer and she plays, calling the community together,
0:38:09 > 0:38:14and in fact, the dhol drum was used like a town crier,
0:38:14 > 0:38:16so that seemed to kind of work very well.
0:38:16 > 0:38:21And then, we have gentlemen from the cloth mills joining and
0:38:21 > 0:38:24celebrating the heritage of Huddersfield cloth and I just
0:38:24 > 0:38:28love the clash of cultures cos that's what Huddersfield is.
0:38:28 > 0:38:33So, here comes one of our first tricky transitions,
0:38:33 > 0:38:35the ice-cream van.
0:38:35 > 0:38:40We've got to time the ice-cream van in seven seconds to take our
0:38:40 > 0:38:43visual and our eye up the road.
0:38:43 > 0:38:48But behind them, we have 30 to 40 dancers and we then travel up
0:38:48 > 0:38:53Kirkgate, we're building momentum and energy.
0:38:53 > 0:38:57And another group, fabulous Soca Carnival, take us down.
0:38:57 > 0:39:02I want the audience to feel breathless. It's all about surprise.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04I love surprise elements.
0:39:04 > 0:39:10So, we turn this corner and it is Bhangra-tastic. It is Bhangra fever.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13We've got established Bhangra groups,
0:39:13 > 0:39:17we have our fusion group, and this drives us all the way up
0:39:17 > 0:39:21into our Sing, Sing section, about 200 people,
0:39:21 > 0:39:23and they surge like an army,
0:39:23 > 0:39:27like a battalion and they start creating whirlpools, circles,
0:39:27 > 0:39:30and it's supposed to symbolise and represent the world.
0:39:30 > 0:39:37We should have a huge picture of what makes Huddersfield tick.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40I know it's ambitious. I haven't had a rehearsal in the square.
0:39:40 > 0:39:46I haven't met some of the groups. That scares me witless.
0:39:46 > 0:39:50And let's not mention the weather. There is no wet weather contingency.
0:39:50 > 0:39:56So that, on top of the other challenges, that could...
0:39:56 > 0:39:58That could finish us off, really.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04With ten days to go, Steve has to choreograph individual
0:40:04 > 0:40:07routines for an ever-growing array of groups.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12From an abundance of dance troupes,
0:40:12 > 0:40:15to local bakers,
0:40:15 > 0:40:17and the town mayor.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20Since arriving in Huddersfield, and working with various groups,
0:40:20 > 0:40:25people are talking and picking up new skills.
0:40:25 > 0:40:29It's bringing pockets of community that have never met.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31They're doing their own thing,
0:40:31 > 0:40:34but this is what this performance is all about.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37It's bringing the heart of the community together as one
0:40:37 > 0:40:40heartbeat and making a stronger bond.
0:40:40 > 0:40:44And then we'll start on the sixth count of eight, straight in.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46One, two, three...
0:40:46 > 0:40:48With so many groups still to choreograph,
0:40:48 > 0:40:51Steve's calling on dance leaders to run their own rehearsals,
0:40:51 > 0:40:53including Paige and her soca group.
0:40:58 > 0:41:02Joining Paige's rehearsals just for today is her grandmother, Nana J.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05Nana, how are you finding it?
0:41:05 > 0:41:08I'm finding it all right, but I'd rather do me own thing.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11- Yeah, but you get it a little bit. - No, I can't.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14- Yeah, but you need to practise. - Practise this?- Yeah.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16I won't remember it.
0:41:16 > 0:41:18I'll only remember me soca.
0:41:20 > 0:41:24Paige moved in with Nana J when she was five.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27It was Nana that introduced me to carnivals.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30She's always been the rock of the family.
0:41:30 > 0:41:33She's the one that just taught me everything I know.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36Paige's early years were spent in Liverpool,
0:41:36 > 0:41:38where she lived with her mum, Gillian.
0:41:38 > 0:41:42Gillian suffered from a chronic form of asthma and had
0:41:42 > 0:41:45a severe attack just days before Paige's fifth birthday.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47I just got told my mum was with the angels.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50And that was all I could take in. All of a sudden,
0:41:50 > 0:41:53my whole life changed and I was whisked off to Huddersfield.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57It was just a massive culture shock, to be honest.
0:41:57 > 0:42:02I'd been brought up with my white family
0:42:02 > 0:42:08and I just wasn't used to the way that the Caribbean culture is.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11I wasn't used to simple things like the food, how to dress,
0:42:11 > 0:42:14how to act, how to behave, how to address your elders.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16It was really, really strict.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19And my Nana really stepped in, took the role of mum, dad,
0:42:19 > 0:42:21and nana, altogether in one.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23And this is home, you know?
0:42:24 > 0:42:28I now follow the kind of culture that my nana has taught me.
0:42:29 > 0:42:34So, step, then click, and then step, then click.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36- And then... - LAUGHTER
0:42:37 > 0:42:39Click this hand, Nana!
0:42:39 > 0:42:40You're just walking!
0:42:40 > 0:42:44- I know, I'm...- So, you just step... Wait. What am I doing again?!
0:42:44 > 0:42:46LAUGHTER
0:42:46 > 0:42:48Nana! It's hard work. It really is.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59With less than a week to go,
0:42:59 > 0:43:03Steve holds his first and only rehearsal of the entire performance.
0:43:03 > 0:43:04Because the route is so big,
0:43:04 > 0:43:09we have to mark out a route on a playing field.
0:43:09 > 0:43:13Unable to close the town centre before the big day,
0:43:13 > 0:43:17Steve's created a to-scale route and has invited as many people as
0:43:17 > 0:43:20possible to this rehearsal.
0:43:20 > 0:43:22The performance will begin with a lone drummer,
0:43:22 > 0:43:25calling the people of Huddersfield to the streets.
0:43:25 > 0:43:27More and more performers will emerge,
0:43:27 > 0:43:30snaking through the town centre.
0:43:30 > 0:43:32As the carnival-esque parade builds,
0:43:32 > 0:43:34it drives down towards the grand finale,
0:43:34 > 0:43:38where hundreds gather outside the town's iconic train station.
0:43:40 > 0:43:43Pretty nervous, cos it's a massive deal to me that Steve's asked
0:43:43 > 0:43:45me to open the whole thing.
0:43:46 > 0:43:50- How are the steps going? - It's a natural thing, isn't it?
0:43:50 > 0:43:54I don't have to learn those steps. It's already within me, isn't it?
0:43:56 > 0:44:02Nancy knows what she's doing. I just follow... I just do as I'm told!
0:44:02 > 0:44:05But Steve can't quite plan for everything.
0:44:10 > 0:44:13Ignore the rain! It's not here!
0:44:24 > 0:44:28I have seen films where people dance in the rain.
0:44:28 > 0:44:30And it looks actually quite cool.
0:44:30 > 0:44:32Yorkshire weather.
0:44:34 > 0:44:38It is just chucking it down. It's torrential.
0:44:38 > 0:44:41So we've adapted two lanes of 26 metres,
0:44:41 > 0:44:45so at least we can work with our cast to try and get them moving.
0:44:47 > 0:44:48Five, six, seven, eight.
0:44:48 > 0:44:51One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
0:44:51 > 0:44:55So, you start the piece and we have ten seconds of you drumming.
0:44:55 > 0:44:59Huddersfield's streets can only be closed for an afternoon,
0:44:59 > 0:45:02where the entire performance needs to be captured in one
0:45:02 > 0:45:04continuous unedited camera shot.
0:45:04 > 0:45:07So this is ten seconds. Here.
0:45:07 > 0:45:12- Right.- If you can reach here in ten seconds' worth, that'd be amazing.
0:45:12 > 0:45:16The performers have just one chance to hit their cues and get the
0:45:16 > 0:45:18routines spot-on.
0:45:24 > 0:45:27The break in the weather gets everyone back outside.
0:45:27 > 0:45:32So you're tumbling, you're tumbling, you're tumbling, stop!
0:45:32 > 0:45:33But not for long.
0:45:37 > 0:45:40You don't want to know how I'm feeling about the weather.
0:45:40 > 0:45:43It just makes everything ten times as hard.
0:45:43 > 0:45:48I haven't been able to work with all my cast and the next time we
0:45:48 > 0:45:51get to meet is on the day of the performance.
0:45:51 > 0:45:53I'm really worried. It's a nightmare.
0:46:17 > 0:46:20With just three days to go until Huddersfield dances,
0:46:20 > 0:46:25- there's no let-up with rehearsals. - That was excellent. Fantastic.
0:46:25 > 0:46:27It's absolutely brilliant!
0:46:27 > 0:46:31Jab, jab, jab. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
0:46:31 > 0:46:36- Jab, jab, jab.- One, two, three, kick. One, two, three, kick.
0:46:36 > 0:46:39I have 40 in, we choreograph them,
0:46:39 > 0:46:43they leave, another group comes in.
0:46:43 > 0:46:45I choreograph them.
0:46:45 > 0:46:50And after that, another group comes in and I'm choreographing them.
0:46:50 > 0:46:53And hopefully, we'll get to the end in one piece.
0:46:54 > 0:46:59Across town, people are perfecting their routines.
0:46:59 > 0:47:00Slide, slide.
0:47:00 > 0:47:02Now.
0:47:03 > 0:47:06A bit overcome with all this dancing.
0:47:06 > 0:47:08Me hips aren't all that good.
0:47:08 > 0:47:10Me arms aren't very good either!
0:47:10 > 0:47:12Two, three... No, you don't turn that way.
0:47:12 > 0:47:14Everything else is just difficult.
0:47:14 > 0:47:17Duh-duh-duh. Faster.
0:47:20 > 0:47:23It's just, I want a little bit of a swagger.
0:47:23 > 0:47:27Is there anything you do, Mark, when you're training them?
0:47:27 > 0:47:28Perfect, that's it!
0:47:28 > 0:47:32If we just give it more of a kind of slide, bap-bap, slide.
0:47:32 > 0:47:34Roll into it.
0:47:34 > 0:47:36You've got it! That's it! Slide, boom-boom.
0:47:36 > 0:47:38You're going that way, Martin.
0:47:38 > 0:47:39That's right.
0:47:39 > 0:47:44Slide, bap-bap. Slide, bap-bap. Slide, bap-bap. Slide, bap-bap.
0:47:44 > 0:47:49- Excellent.- One, two, three, click. One, two, three, click. One, two...
0:47:49 > 0:47:51- Wrong side, Mum.- Three.
0:47:51 > 0:47:53Stop laughing!
0:47:58 > 0:48:00You're sex gods for the day!
0:48:02 > 0:48:06As preparations and rehearsals move into their final 24 hours...
0:48:07 > 0:48:10That's it
0:48:10 > 0:48:11Four. Here we go!
0:48:11 > 0:48:15..Steve's still pushing his performers to bring scale and
0:48:15 > 0:48:18spectacle to the streets of Huddersfield.
0:48:18 > 0:48:20And three and four, five, six, seven, eight.
0:48:20 > 0:48:24One and two, three and four, and five and six and seven and eight...
0:48:29 > 0:48:33Even if that means throwing in last-minute changes for some groups.
0:48:33 > 0:48:35- What are you visualising? - I just want it full-on.
0:48:35 > 0:48:39I just want an audience to go, "Wow, that's soca at its best!"
0:48:49 > 0:48:52Huddersfield is vibrant and extraordinary,
0:48:52 > 0:48:56it's bursting with brilliance and colour.
0:48:56 > 0:49:00But time has run out and I'm not sure how confident I am
0:49:00 > 0:49:02we can do this.
0:49:04 > 0:49:07The performance is tomorrow and it's the first time I'll have
0:49:07 > 0:49:11everyone in the same place. But I've done what I can.
0:49:13 > 0:49:18Now, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Brilliant!
0:49:18 > 0:49:20It's up to them now.
0:49:48 > 0:49:50It's performance day.
0:49:54 > 0:49:56It's touch-and-go at the moment, to be honest.
0:49:56 > 0:49:59There's no wet weather contingency and the clouds are coming in.
0:49:59 > 0:50:02You know, but we always... Fingers crossed.
0:50:11 > 0:50:15I'm really proud and it's really exciting to do it.
0:50:15 > 0:50:17You're going to need all the luck you can get.
0:50:17 > 0:50:22A little bit daunting and I'm hoping we're going to get it all all right.
0:50:22 > 0:50:23It's been a lot of stress.
0:50:23 > 0:50:27I'd have liked more time to get the dances right.
0:50:27 > 0:50:30And practise it because even I'm not too sure about the...
0:50:37 > 0:50:41With the streets closed, the camera crew are able to rehearse
0:50:41 > 0:50:43their continuous shot for the first time.
0:50:47 > 0:50:49- Yeah, I think that's fine.- OK. Whoa!
0:50:50 > 0:50:53- So, where you go round like that... - Oh, right.
0:50:53 > 0:50:56Float like a butterfly! Sting like a bee!
0:50:56 > 0:50:59You want some? Come and get it!
0:51:03 > 0:51:07Wow! Just look at all of you! It's incredible!
0:51:07 > 0:51:11I knew Huddersfield was a special place when, at the town meeting,
0:51:11 > 0:51:15you listened to this Welshman speak about his crazy idea of
0:51:15 > 0:51:19getting a town dancing and how I wanted to celebrate
0:51:19 > 0:51:22Huddersfield in all its cultural diversity.
0:51:22 > 0:51:26But none of you flinched, none of you made a run for the exit.
0:51:26 > 0:51:29You must dance like your life's depending on it and show what
0:51:29 > 0:51:31community means!
0:51:31 > 0:51:33You know what to do.
0:51:33 > 0:51:34Let's dance!
0:51:34 > 0:51:37- Yes! - CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
0:51:46 > 0:51:50DRUMMING
0:51:58 > 0:52:01MUSIC: Bingo Bango by Basement Jaxx
0:52:22 > 0:52:24BEEPS HORN
0:52:26 > 0:52:30ICE-CREAM PLAYS GREENSLEEVES
0:52:33 > 0:52:35MUSIC: Black Magic by Little Mix
0:52:35 > 0:52:37# Take a sip of my secret potion
0:52:37 > 0:52:39# I'll make you fall in love
0:52:39 > 0:52:41# For a spell that can't be broken
0:52:41 > 0:52:43# One drop should be enough
0:52:43 > 0:52:45# Boy, you belong to me
0:52:45 > 0:52:46# I got the recipe
0:52:46 > 0:52:48# And it's called black magic
0:52:48 > 0:52:50# And it's called black magic
0:52:51 > 0:52:54# Take a sip of my secret potion
0:52:54 > 0:52:56# One taste and you'll be mine
0:52:56 > 0:52:58# It's a spell that can't be broken
0:52:58 > 0:53:00# It'll keep you up all night
0:53:00 > 0:53:02# Boy, you belong to me
0:53:02 > 0:53:04# I got the recipe
0:53:04 > 0:53:06# And it's called black magic
0:53:06 > 0:53:09# And it's called black magic. #
0:53:09 > 0:53:13- # Lust for life - Lust for life
0:53:13 > 0:53:15# Got a lust for life
0:53:18 > 0:53:20# I got a lust for life. #
0:53:24 > 0:53:27FUNKY ELECTRONIC MUSIC
0:54:10 > 0:54:14# Looking back on the track for a little green bag
0:54:15 > 0:54:19# I gotta find, just a kind I'm losing my mind... #
0:54:21 > 0:54:23BELL RINGS
0:54:23 > 0:54:27# Oh! Turn it down!
0:54:30 > 0:54:31# I'm back
0:54:31 > 0:54:34# I'm back
0:54:34 > 0:54:36# I'm back
0:54:36 > 0:54:38# I'm back
0:54:38 > 0:54:40# I'm back
0:54:40 > 0:54:44# Get up offa that thing and dance till you feel better... #
0:54:50 > 0:54:54# The son of the sword The darkness of the blade
0:54:54 > 0:54:57# The path of the saint and the soldier is the one we must take. #
0:55:11 > 0:55:13BHANGRA MUSIC
0:55:48 > 0:55:52MUSIC: Sing, Sing, Sing
0:56:54 > 0:56:55Yes!
0:56:59 > 0:57:03We loved being involved, loved being centre stage, yeah, perfect.
0:57:06 > 0:57:07It was great to see everybody all together,
0:57:07 > 0:57:10and it was really, really good.
0:57:10 > 0:57:13The streets we've walked on for many years, and there we are.
0:57:13 > 0:57:14And we still do, every day.
0:57:14 > 0:57:17It's going to be a great memory to look back on in many years,
0:57:17 > 0:57:19when I'm walking around with a Zimmer frame.
0:57:19 > 0:57:23I'll look back on this day, and it'll be wonderful.
0:57:23 > 0:57:26It makes me proud to be from Huddersfield.
0:57:27 > 0:57:29- It was good fun, wasn't it? - Yeah, it was. We've had a good time.
0:57:29 > 0:57:31Yeah, we have.
0:57:31 > 0:57:33Seeing the finale, and all the groups coming together,
0:57:33 > 0:57:37all their colour and all their splendour - it's absolutely amazing.
0:57:38 > 0:57:42It's not just a community now, they've really bonded,
0:57:42 > 0:57:45and they was amazing. They really pulled it off.
0:57:45 > 0:57:49They danced with heart, and pride. I...
0:57:50 > 0:57:52..feel really proud that I brought a sense of carnival
0:57:52 > 0:57:55to the streets of Huddersfield.
0:57:55 > 0:57:57Yeah, I'm really... I couldn't be happier.
0:58:00 > 0:58:04Next time, Steve heads to York,
0:58:04 > 0:58:06where he hopes to go bigger and bolder.
0:58:06 > 0:58:11People of York, listen up - I'm looking for a cast of hundreds.
0:58:11 > 0:58:14Can he pull off a final show-stopping performance
0:58:14 > 0:58:17to celebrate the whole county?
0:58:17 > 0:58:20'As soon as I mentioned dance, the colour just drained.'
0:58:20 > 0:58:22I just have absolutely no rhythm whatsoever.
0:58:22 > 0:58:27I'm absolutely quaking in my size-nine ballet shoes.