Dennis the Menace and Oor Wullie inspire new Dundee dance routine

A new “Dundee dance routine” inspired by some of its famous comic book characters created in the city has been released to help its European culture capital bid.

It is hoped hundreds of people will turn out next month to perform Desperate Dan, Oor Wullie and Dennis the Menace moves after learning them from a new online tutorial.

There are also nods to The Law, the hill overlooking the city, the polar exploration vessel Discovery, the River Tay and the Mills Observatory.

A football header has also 0 Desperate Dan will help towards Dundee’s culture bid been incorporated into the routine in tribute to footballing rivals Dundee and Dundee United.

The bid team is staging a mass dance session at the new public park recently complet- ed on the city’s waterfront on 7 October. A rehearsal is being staged the previous Wednesday to help Dundonians learn the new routine ahead of the two-hour event, which will be filmed to help promote Dundee’s bid and be used as part of its official application.

Award-winning choreographer Thomas Small, founder of the Dundee-based dance charity Shaper/caper, has masterminded the creation of the routine, which been set to the official Dundee 2023 anthem, Over Bridges.

The work has been produced by singer-songwriter Gary Clark, frontman of the band Danny Wilson.