National Youth Dance Company at Sadler’s Wells will perform Guest Artistic Director Boy Blue’s new work at the Berliner Festspiele Theatre as part of Tanztreffen der Jugend in Berlin in September 2025, the first time that the company has performed internationally, to round off its 2025 tour.
The 2024–25 cohort comprises 33 dancers aged 16 to 24 years old from 22 towns, cities and villages across England who have been working with Boy Blue on a new work, which will première at Leeds Playhouse on 18 April before touring to Falmouth, Blackpool, Ipswich, London and Berlin.
On 19 July, the production will form part of the first edition of a new annual festival, YFX Youth Festival, to showcase the range of youth work across the UK, then on 25 July, it will performed at the U.Dance National Festival at Sadler’s Wells East.
For a new film, now available on Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage, filmmaker Ben Williams recorded NYDC on their 2024 tour of England last summer as they performed new work Wall by 2024–25 Guest Artistic Director Oona Doherty.
Oona Doherty has also spoken about working with NYDC and her career as a choreographer in the latest episode of Choreographer Conversations from Digital Stage.https://www.sadlerswells.com/digital-stage/choreographer-conversations/oona-doherty/