A Chessington dancer who will be strutting his stuff in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games has remained tight-lipped about the event.

Filipe de Barros, 29, of Mcdonough Close, is just one of several hundred dancers that will take to the stage as part of the London 2012 start-up.

The former Richard Challoner pupil and personal trainer at David Lloyd’s gym in Brooklands has been rehearsing non-stop for the last three months with 20 other dancers in his section.

He said: "I really can’t say much about the performance or I will be chucked out of the ceremony. We have been sworn to secrecy.

“What I can say is that the opening ceremony is going to be really big."

Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle, who directed 2009 hit Slumdog Millionaire, has been tasked with creating the masterpiece.

So far all that is known is the show will be titled Isles of Wonder and will kick off with the sound of the largest harmonically tuned bell in Europe on July 27 from 9pm.

The opening scene of the show will have the Olympic stadium transformed into the British countryside with real farmyard animals.

The ceremony itself will feature a parade of all competing nations and entrance of the well-travelled Olympic flame, which will ignite the cauldron and signal the start of the games.

Mr de Barros said: “It is a great show with several hundred people taking part – it has been really inspiring. The atmosphere around the whole project has been positive and fun.”

The Olympic dancer, who has moves in street dance, salsa and west coast swing had to undergo a rigorous selection process where he was required to show-off a range of dancing skills before selection.

He said: “About six years ago I was watching Strictly Come Dancing and it inspired me to go along to a ceroc dance class in Surbiton. I just fell in love with dancing after that. “A former manager messaged me on Facebook about the ceremony and I just applied – it was all very last minute but I got it.

“I am going to miss it all once it is over.”