The evening-length hip-hop production “Gravity” by the National Youth Dance Company (NYDC) with 33 dancers aged 16 to 25 from all over England can be seen as a guest performance at the 12th Tanztreffen der Jugend on 28 September 2025. The choreography for the project is by Boy Blue dance company, winners of the Sky Arts Award and the Olivier Award and led by Artistic Directors Michael “Mikey J” Asante and Kenrick “H2O” Sandy. “Gravity” is about the forces of attraction that connect people and create communities.

Guest performance as part of “Über die Grenzen”.

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)

Boy Blue: Kenrick ‘H2O’ Sandy & Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante – guest artistic directors 2024-25 
Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante – composition
Ryan Dawson Laight – costume design 
Adam Carrée Lighting – design 
Lara Rose McCabe & Nathaniel Impraim-Jones – rehearsal directors & assistants to the choreographer