BBC Young Dancer

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BBC Young Dancer
Awarded forExceptional dancing talent
LocationVarious; Roundhouse, London (2022)
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented by British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Reward(s)Trophy and £3,000 (main prize)
First awarded2015;9 years ago (2015)
Last awarded2022;2 years ago (2022)
WinnerAdhya Shastry (2022)
Website BBC Young Dancer website
Television/radio coverage
Network BBC Four and BBC Two

BBC Young Dancer is a televised national dance competition, broadcast on BBC Four and BBC Two between 2015 and 2022. The competition, inspired by the success of the biennal BBC Young Musician of the Year, was designed for British amateur dancers of ballet, contemporary, hip hop and South Asian dance, all of whom must be aged between 16 and 20. [1]

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History

BBC Young Dancer was launched in October 2014 by Director-General of the BBC, Tony Hall and was part of BBC Four's Year of Song and Dance. Cuban ballet dancer Carlos Acosta was the competition's ambassador. On 14 January 2015, ballet dancer and Strictly Come Dancing judge Darcey Bussell was announced as co-presenter and dance expert for the Grand Final of the inaugural competition, which was aired live from Sadler's Wells Theatre on BBC Two in May. Zoe Ball and Clemency Burton-Hill were her co-hosts. [2] There were different judges for each style. The category finals for each style were filmed at the Riverfront Arts Centre in Newport and later broadcast weekly on BBC Four. Contemporary dancer Connor Scott won the inaugural competition on 9 May 2015. [3] The grand final was judged by a panel of dance experts: Matthew Bourne, Mavin Khoo, Wayne McGregor, Tamara Rojo, Kenrick Sandy and Alistair Spalding. [4]

The next competition was held in 2017, contemporary dancer Nafisah Baba was announced as the winner of the overall title on 22 April. [5] The category finals were moved to The Lowry in Salford, however the grand final remained at Sadler's Wells Theatre. The televised grand final was hosted by Bussell, Anita Rani and Ore Oduba; it was judged by Kevin O'Hare, Jasmin Vardimon, Marc Brew, Kate Prince, Kenneth Tharp, and Nahid Siddiqui. [6]

The 2019 title, held on 18 May at Birmingham Hippodrome, was won by street dancer Max Revell. The judges this year were McGregor, Shobana Jeyasingh, Emma Gladstone, Christopher Hampson, Junior Bosila Banya and Chitra Sundaram. [7]

The competition returned in 2022 with a new format open to all dance styles; the category finals in Salford were replaced by in-person auditions held in front of a professional panel of judges in Shoreditch, London, with those successful in this round making it through to the final ten who attended a week-long dance residency at Dartington Hall in Devon. [8] Across the four-episode series, the finalists were put through their paces by leading choreographers to prepare new works for the grand final in London's Roundhouse where the winner was crowned. The grand final was judged by Prince, Arthur Pita, Subathra Subramaniam and Ryoichi Hirano.

Hosts

The following have hosted stages of the competition: [9]

Winners

YearNameCategoryPlace of study or trainingWinning ageFinals venue
2015Connor ScottContemporaryDance City Centre, Gateshead College [10] 17 Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
2017Nafisah BabaContemporaryChrysalis, London [11] 20
2019Max RevellStreet Dance Northern School of Contemporary Dance [12] 20 Birmingham Hippodrome
2022Adhya Shastry Bharatanatyam National Youth Dance Company17 Roundhouse, London

Past finalists

Key
†Person won the competition of that year
BoldPerformer won the category final and a place to the grand final
ItalicsPerformer was given a "wildcard" through to the grand final
‡Performer was awarded one of two jury awards

2015

NameCategory
Anaya BolarSouth Asian
Archie SullivanBallet
Connor Scott †Contemporary
Diana PatienceContemporary
Hamish ScottBallet
Harry BarnesHip Hop
Jacob O’ConnellContemporary
Jaina ModasiaSouth Asian
Jenny HackwellBallet
Jodelle DouglasHip Hop
Jonadette CarpioHip Hop
Kai TomiokaContemporary
Kasichana Okene-JamesonContemporary
Kieran LaiHip Hop
Lakshmi RanjanSouth Asian
Paris FitzpatrickBallet
Sayaka IshibashiBallet
Sharifa TonkmorHip Hop
Sivani BalachandranSouth Asian
Vidya PatelSouth Asian

2017

NameCategory
Harry BarnesStreet Dance
Tom Hughes Lloyd
Jodelle Douglas
Kate Morris
Darren Hamilton
Ryan FelixBallet
Jade Wallace
Rhys Antoni Yeomans
Uyu Hiromoto
Oscar Ward
Akshay PrakashSouth Asian Dance
Jaina Modasia
Anaya Bolar
Shyam Dattani
Anjelli Wignakumar
Nora MonsecourContemporary Dance
Jacob Lang
John-William Watson
Nafisah Baba †
Joshua Attwood

2019

NameCategory
Aishani GhoshSouth Asian Dance
Hahika Gautam
Sundaresan Ramesh
Tulani Kayani-Skeef
Shree Savani
Max CookwardContemporary Dance
Adanna Lawrence
Hannah Connor
Matthew Rawcliffe
Hana Kato
Chloe KeneallyBallet
Hollie Smith
Louis Fukuhara
Danila Marzilli
Keiko Tsuchiya
Thomas CarsleyStreet Dance
Louie Juster
Christian Griffin
Kate Morris
Max Revell †

2022

NameDance style
Adhya Shastry †Bharatanatyam
Anna DalyContemporary
Elisabeth Mulenga ‡Contemporary
Hannah JosephContemporary
Kai ScanlanTap
Lauren ScottStreet
Maiya LeekeContemporary
Matthew EuduStreet
Olivia Chang-ClarkeBallet
Robert Dunkley-Gyimah ‡Contemporary

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