DANCERS showed off their best moves in  two-day dance festival On the Waterfront.

Acts drawn from the city’s Chinese  community, across the UK and as far afield as  Argentine brought an multitude of dance  styles to the bank of the River Mersey.

The South American aerial dance display  team provided a spectacular focal point for the  weekend’s dance events which also included a  bid for the world’s biggest Lindy Hop display.

They were joined by the Pagoda Centre’s  Chinese dragon and the Chinese Youth  Orchestra.

The second of the weekend-long cultural  celebrations designed to showcase the city’s  rejuvenated waterfront was devoted to dance.

Councillor Wendy Simon, cabinet member  for culture and tourism, said the two weekends  together had attracted an estimated 90,000  people to the edge of the River Mersey.

She said: “It was about getting people to see  and to use the city. The river is such an important part of the  city.

“But there has been such a lot of building  work down there over the years  that a lot of  people don’t realise how much there is it has  developed.”

The festival provided the perfect welcome  for tourists arriving to the city for the first time  as the Dutch-registered Maasdam cruise ship  docked at the Pier Head for an overnight stay  before heading to Dublin.

Cllr Simon said: “We had a lot of tourists  down there. It had a really international atmosphere.”