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Diversity
Background information
Origin	London and Essex, England, United Kingdom
Genres	Street dance (popping, roboting, lyrical hip hop, contemporary hip-hop dance)
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Simon Cowell
Associated acts	Susan Boyle, Flawless
Members
Ashley Banjo Jordan Banjo Mitchell Craske Sam Craske Ike Ezekwugo Perri Luc Kiely Ian McNaughton Jamie McNaughton Matthew McNaughton Warren Russell Terry Smith

Diversity is a British street dance troupe based in London. They are best known for winning the third series of Britain's Got Talent, famously beating Susan Boyle in the live final. They also won the Families United Positive Role Models at the Spirit of London Awards. The group, initially known as Swift Moves, and then "Menace" formed in 2004. In their first year together, they beat KI (the crew Marlon from Flawless was with) during KI's 2nd run to 7 wins at The Jump Off where Swift Moves battled a total of 4 times. They also won the Street Dance Weekend 2007 competition before deciding to enter Britain's Got Talent.^[1][2]

Formed in 2006,^[3] the group consists of friends from east London (Dagenham and Leytonstone Basildon ) and Essex, including three sets of brothers and four other members. Some are still at school or university, but also have jobs of their own.^[4] The group, ranging in age from 15 to 27, consists of leader and choreographer Ashley Banjo and the following other members: Jordan Banjo (Ashley's younger brother), Sam Craske, Mitchell Craske, Ian McNaughton, Jamie McNaughton, Matthew McNaughton, Perri Kiely, Warren Russell, Ike Ezekwugo and Terry Smith.^[5] Ashley is currently studying natural sciences (biology and physics) at university. He said that "from the age of 14, I started to teach myself routines".^[4] They also have a Twitter account which was originally named "DiversityBGT", but was then changed to "Diversity_Tweet". They are currently managed by Ashley Banjo's mother.

2009[link]

After winning the show, Diversity appeared on the US television news programmes "The Today Show" and Larry King Live to talk about their future plans. Diversity also became Patrons of Dance Aid^[6] organised by the UK Registered Charity, Hope for Children^[7] They performed at the Wireless Festival in Hyde Park, London on 5 July,^[8] and appeared at T4 on the Beach on 19 July at Weston-super-Mare.

On 31 August, they performed at Blackpool's Winter Gardens in a Michael Jackson tribute alongside George Sampson and Aidan Davis. This performance was on the same weekend as the World Street Dancing championships.

Diversity have also performed in London's Covent Garden to launch the new Disney Channel Disney XD.^[9] They also performed outside 10 Downing Street in front of prime minister Gordon Brown, during which Perri slipped and fell on his head after attempting a back-flip. He did not sustain any serious injury.^[10]

Diversity also appeared in the Gracious K music video "Migraine Skank" along with dance group Flawless.^[11] In January 2010, Ashley Banjo appeared as a judge on the Sky1 reality show Got to Dance, alongside Adam Garcia and Kimberly Wyatt.^[12] Diversity switched on Christmas lights at Chapelfield shopping centre in Norwich on 5 November,^[13] then in Meadowhall Shopping Centre in Sheffield on 6 November^[14] then in Watford on 12 November.

On 11 November, Diversity conducted several hours of signing autographs and posing for photographs with thousands of fans at The Galleria Shopping Centre in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. Afterwards, they hosted a prize- giving ceremony on stage and performed their "Michael Jackson" dance routine. They performed another Michael Jackson tribute at the MOBO award ceremony. Diversity "launched" Christmas at Lakeside on 1 November, where they took two members of the audience on-stage for a dance-off. There was a competition held in November, and a hundred people won a meet and greet with Diversity on 19 November at The Glades in Bromley. On 7 December, Diversity performed on the Royal Variety Performance, hosted in Blackpool and shown on TV station ITV across the UK on 16 December. On the show Got to Dance Warm Up, they presented their Westfield Shopping Centre FlashMob, sponsored by T-Mobile.

2010[link]

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Diversity promoted street dancing with Change4Life in January as a means of getting kids and families more active.^[15]

The group is touring in spring; their first dates sold out in 24 hours, which led to further dates being announced, the first being at the Manchester Apollo on 27 March. The tour centres around toys "coming to life". Diversity being the main toy as "Diversitoys", fellow Britain's Got Talent dance group Suga-Free as "the dolls", Aidan Davis as "Bionic Boy", and others. The group have also planned a tour at Christmas time, with a "Christmas twist".

The group teamed up with national retailer The Range Home and Leisure for a commercial to be shown in April and May, with the tagline "If you like Diversity, you'll love The Range".^[16] They also appeared in adverts for food for "great little ideas". Diversity appeared in the UK film StreetDance 3D, released on 21 May 2010, in which they starred along side Britain's Got Talent 2009 finalists Flawless and 2008 winner George Sampson. They have also appeared on television and in magazines numerous times since they won the third series of Britain's Got Talent, and hope to do a lot more in the future.

They recently lent their names/act to DFS as a promotion tool, appearing in their advert. Due to phenomenal public demand, Diversity are bringing back their 'Diversitoys' tour in December with a Special christmas twist 'Diversitoys Christmas Special'. just before their tour they brought out their own fitness DVD which was bought by millions. their DVD is called Diversity Dance Fitness Fusion

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Team Diversity
• Diversity Street Dance
• diversity tweet page

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Science and technology[link]

• Biodiversity, the degree of variation of life forms within a given ecosystem, biome, or an entire planet.
• Diversity Index, a statistic intended to assess the diversity of any population in which each member belongs to a unique group, type or species.
• Diversity scheme, a method for improving the reliability of a message signal by using multiple communications channels.
• Antenna diversity, a method of wireless communication that use two or more antennas to improve the quality and reliability of the link.

Sociology, economics, law, and politics[link]

• Multiculturalism, or ethnic diversity, the promotion of multiple ethnic cultures
• Cultural diversity, the respect of difference cultures and interculturality
• Diversity (business), the business tactic which encourages diversity to better serve a heterogeneous customer base
• Diversity (politics), the political and social policy of encouraging tolerance for people of different backgrounds
• Diversity jurisdiction, a concept under which U.S. federal courts can hear suits between parties from different states
• Diversification (finance) involves spreading investments
• Diversification (marketing strategy) is a corporate strategy to decrease market penetration
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Other[link]

• Diversity (dance troupe), an English dance troupe who won the third series of Britain's Got Talent
• Diversity training, the process of educating employees, students or volunteers to function in a diverse environment

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A dance troupe or dance company is a group of dancers and associated personnel who work together to perform dances as a spectacle or entertainment.

Members[link]

• Artistic Director
• Choreographers
• Dancers
• Board of Directors
• Education administrator
• Technicians
• Receptionist
• Marketing Manager
• Finance manager
• Répétiteur or rehearsal director
• Stage manager
• Producer
• Lighting & Costume designers
• General manager

However, there are many different types of dance companies, often working in different styles of dance. A ballet company, for example, is often larger and has a more defined set up. Often in small companies, many of these jobs will be done by the same person.

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• Dance crew
• List of dance companies
• Ballet company

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Dance
Modern dance
Originating culture	various
Originating era	Antiquity

Dance is a type of art that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music,^[1] performed in many different cultures and used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting.

Dance may also be regarded as a form of nonverbal communication between humans, and is also performed by other animals (bee dance, patterns of behaviour such as a mating dance). Gymnastics, figure skating and synchronized swimming are sports that incorporate dance, while martial arts kata are often compared to dances. Motion in ordinarily inanimate objects may also be described as dances (the leaves danced in the wind).

Definitions of what constitutes dance are dependent on social, cultural, aesthetic, artistic and moral constraints and range from functional movement (such as folk dance) to virtuoso techniques such as ballet. Dance can be participatory, social or performed for an audience. It can also be ceremonial, competitive or erotic. Dance movements may be without significance in themselves, such as in ballet or European folk dance, or have a gestural vocabulary/symbolic system as in many Asian dances. Dance can embody or express ideas, emotions or tell a story.

Dancing has evolved many styles. Breakdancing and Krumping are related to the hip hop culture. African dance is interpretative. Ballet, Ballroom, Waltz, and Tango are classical styles of dance while Square Dance and the Electric Slide are forms of step dances.

Every dance, no matter what style, has something in common. It not only involves flexibility and body movement, but also physics. If the proper physics are not taken into consideration, injuries may occur.

Choreography is the art of creating dances. The person who creates (i.e., choreographs) a dance is known as the choreographer.