For the last decade, NYDC, run by Sadler's Wells, has sought out the most talented young dancers in England to create, perform and tour a new work every year with a Guest Artistic Director.
For 2025, Olivier Award-winning hip hop dance theatre company Boy Blue has been appointed as Guest Artistic Director and teams up with NYDC’s young people to create a brand-new show: Gravity. Don’t miss this fusion of Boy Blue ‘s radical vision and the super talents of the young dancers of NYDC.
The dancers are all aged between 16 – 24 and work with NYDC for 10 months gaining valuable experience, honing their skills and working with top notch professionals. Since its inception 336 dancers have passed through the company, working with such renowned dance artists as including Oona Doherty, Wayne McGregor, Alesandra Seutin, Russell Maliphant and Botis Seva.
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Yunus Ayhan (Bexhill-on-Sea), Sara Belal (Leeds), Kingsley Campbell-Golding (London), Orson Crane (Blackpool), Luke Curran (Lewes), Dylan Dennis (Blackpool), Dexter Duffy (Chorley), Mimi Etete-Edge (Brighton), Sheldon Golding (Enfield), Kasra Hastings (Lewes), Florence Hodgson (London), India Hurley (Brighton), Lucca Masters (Birmingham), Zak Michael Smith (Brighton), Thea Petrie (London), Blake Rainey (Blackpool), Dayang Safiya Isabella Abang Suhaili (London), Sonia Sansford (Colchester), Iona Statham (Falmouth), Nya Stewart (Manchester), Ada Trotman (Truro), Faye-Elise Walmsey (Newcastle), Hali Warsame (London), Ella Watson (Mirfield), Marshall Wilson (Macclesfield), James Airey (Chesterfield), Archie Bilsland (Ashford), Monét Brooks (London), Megan Chaytor Wilson (Durham), Francis Henry (Leeds), Luke James (Birmingham), Jacob Lincoln (Ipswich), and Rowan Williams (Frome).
Creatives
Boy Blue: Kenrick ‘H2O’ Sandy
Guest Artistic Director 2024-25
Boy Blue: Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante
Guest Artistic Director 2024-25
Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante
Composer
Ryan Dawson Laight
Costume Designer
Adam Carrée
Lighting Designer
Lara Rose McCabe
Rehearsal Director & Assistant to the Choreographer
Nathaniel Impraim-Jones
Rehearsal Director & Assistant to the Choreographer