Last Saturday, 26th April, we were bursting with pride as our 'Action for Autism' group took to the festival mainstage and joined a cast of 200 dancers in the mass performance centrepiece as part of 'Strictly Wandsworth', the launch event for Wandsworth, London Borough of Culture. Not only did our group perform but were chosen to close the whole piece, as pictured centre stage in the finale. 

We are so proud of their achievement. Event producer Jenna Lee said “The group really shone bright— they were the perfect ending to the main performance”

Four members of the group were also chosen for the event official photograph with the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Justine Simons OBE, London’s Deputy Mayor for Culture and the Creative Industries and event host, Oti Mabuse, two times Strictly winner and TV Judge.

The event was a feast of dance on the main stage bringing together 200 dancers from 22 local organisations and the audience numbered more than 3,000, many of them dancing along in the sunshine. The event started with the forming of a 'W' by the performers of the mass celebration dance participance performance, the centrepiece of the afternoon, which involved our own 'Action for Autism' group.

The centrepiece of the afternoon was the mass dance celebration created by chereographer Jeanefer Jean-Charles MBE (the visionary behind movement performances for global events including the London 2012 Olympic Games, Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Pageant, and Manchester International Festival) involving 16 dance organisations across Wandsworth including: