Street Dance Final

In the last of the category finals the focus is on Street Dance. At the end of the programme, the winner of the Street Dance category will be announced, together with the ‘wildcard’ contestant selected from across the four categories. They will join the winners from the South Asian, Contemporary and Ballet finals to complete the line-up for the Grand Final. Presented by Anita Rani and Ore Oduba, the Street Dance Final will feature Hip Hop, Popping, Freestyle and Contemporary Fusion styles.

We join five street dancers as they compete for the category title at The Lowry, in Salford. Judging them, a panel of leading dance experts: Botis Seva, Olivier nominee, artistic director of Far from the Norm and guest artistic director of the National Youth Dance Company; dancer and choreographer Rhimes Lecointe, founder and artistic director of all-female dance company Boadicea; and the adjudicator across all the categories, dancer, spoken word artist and associate artist at Sadler’s Wells, Jonzi D. For one of the dancers a place in the Grand Final awaits, with the opportunity to dance on stage at one of Britain’s leading dance venues, The Birmingham Hippodrome.

The street dance finalists are Thomas Carsley, Louie Juster, Christian Griffin, Kate Morris and Max Revell.

BBC Young Dancer showcases the UK’s very best young dance talent. The competition is for dancers aged 16 – 21 and follows 20 dancers across four categories – South Asian, Contemporary, Ballet and Street Dance.