Productions Our programmes will resonate with the diverse communities of Wales and working with others we will ignite the spark of interest in dance with the widest range of promoters in every corner of the nation, building audiences for dance.
Skinners Skinners by Melanie Lane: We live in a digital age. Beyond the fantasies that technology makes possible, our humanity remains. Read More
Dawns y Ceirw It’s Christmas Eve and everyone in the village is snuggled up at home. Nobody notices the lonely little deer left outside in the cold... Read More
Catachory "Catachory," by Boram Kim is a neon and powerful exploration to find the invisible light within us all. Read More
Zoetrope This entrancing hour long family and schools experience from choreographer Lea Anderson MBE combines all the fun of the fair with acrobatics and dance. Read More
SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER by Matthew William Robinson is about wanting to live in a moment forever, and the relentless pace of life dragging us forwards. It is about love and saying goodbye. It is a physical poem and a cascade of emotions. Read More
Say Something A relentlessly physical, visual and sonic feast, emphasising SAY's (Sarah Golding and Yikiko Masui) passion for making movement to music that makes the whole room want to get up and groove. Read More
Waltz In Waltz by Marcos Morau ballroom music sounds in the distance, obscured in time and trapped in the past, a shining creature emerge from the ashes. Read More
Fan the Flames Weary and frustrated with the world today, an office worker, a student and a lonely old man each find their inner strength. Elegant, energetic and emotive dance by Thomas Carsley Read More
NO-SHOW They were ready to party, but nobody else was. Expect thrilling dancing up close, in this bitesize dance work by Matthew Robinson. Read More
Wild Thoughts Wild Thoughts by Andrea Costanzo Martini is fearless dancing full of playful wit calling our bodies back to movement, pleasure, and joy. Read More
Ludo Ludo by Caroline Finn is a darkly funny and high-energy dance work about of the importance of play. Read More
Moving is everywhere, forever 'Moving is everywhere, forever' by Faye Tan. A satisfying ode to the act of dancing; an invitation to yield to the irresistible impulse of grooving, to the soundtrack by Welsh electronic duo Larch. Read More
Rygbi: Yma / Here Rygbi: Yma / Here by Fearghus Ó Conchúir is uplifting: full of hope, glory and camaraderie. Read More
Dream Dream by the brilliant Christopher Bruce CBE is a heart-warming, charming and nostalgic dance piece inspired by bygone schools sports days and Jubilee street parties. Read More
2067: Time and Time and Time 2067: Time and Time and Time by Alexandra Waierstall is elegant. Dancers reveal a shimmering poem about the relationship between the history of time and the poetry of destiny. Read More
Rygbi: Annwyl / Dear Rygbi: Annwyl / Dear by Fearghus Ó Conchúir celebrates rugby in Wales and highlights the hopes, glory and passion of rallying together on and off the pitch. Rygbi was created with input from rugby fans and players across Wales so that the dance really echoes the sport. Read More
Why Are People Clapping!? Why Are People Clapping!? by Ed Myhill is set to composer Steve Reich’s Clapping Music using rhythm as a driving force. Read More
Écrit Écrit by Nikita Goile was inspired by a letter from iconic artist Frida Kahlo to her partner Diego. Read More
Codi Codi emerges from the ashes to inspire us in 2022 with a powerful and energetic story about the strength in communities banding together to tackle the hardships of life through troubled times. Built on the foundations of Welsh mining stories told though dance, song, poetry and theatre, the audience is wrapped in a blanket of darkness before being led towards a light of hope and celebration. Read More
Rygbi: Annwyl i mi/Dear to me Rygbi: Annwyl i mi / Dear to me is a short outdoor dance performance that celebrates rugby in Wales and the hopes, glory and passion of rallying together on and off the pitch. Rugby and dance are connected through their expertise in movement and through dedicated performances of power and emotion. Read More
Afterimage Afterimage is a dance of fleeting images; that uses mirrors to create a unique and beautiful experience of appearance and disappearance. Afterimage shows the audience a series of scenes to evoke a personal response from each person without providing a single narrative. Read More
Rygbi Rugby is a game that connects different communities across the country and in an international arena where Welsh bodies perform with power, passion and skill. Read More
Passion In this searingly beautiful and sensuous work for voice and body, dance and opera meld to form an intimate portrayal of the pain and passion of two lovers forced apart to separate worlds. Pascal Dusapin's gleaming, shifting score, performed by the London Sinfonietta, conveys a timeless world within which the movement of dancers and singers can play out this universal story of grief and desire. Read More
Revellers' Mass Delve into a world of ritual, decadence and excess inspired by iconic religious paintings. Curious characters come together, bringing their surroundings to life through charismatic and compelling choreography. Read More
Bernadette Bernadette by NDCWales’ resident choreographer Caroline Finn is like watching the outtakes from Great British Bake off, both hilarious and really, very tragic. This piece of comedic dance is very messy, both physically and emotionally: flour and feelings everywhere. Read More
P.A.R.A.D.E. A radical retelling of the 1917 surreal ballet Parade. This re imagining was performed as part of the Russia 17 season across Wales. View minisite
A Mighty Wind This high energy, vibrant piece captures the intensity of nature’s elements during a storm, set against the power generated by an alternative rock music concert. Read More
They Seek to Find the Happiness They Seem They Seek To Find The Happiness They Seem is an exploration of the separation and disconnection that can occur within a relationship. It uses reconfigured snippets of imagery from popular culture that connect with us all on a subconscious level. Read More
Omertà Omertà is about the role of women in Italian Mafia society, and, historically, how their lives, experience and stories were often kept hidden. Read More
Profundis Playful, vibrant and provocative. Profundis dares us to ask questions about what things are, and what they are not. Roy Assaf's thoughtful movement is accompanied by whimsical wordplay a a soundtrack featuring Egypt's Umm Kulthum. Read More
Tuplet Tuplet is a swift, pulsating 18-minute tour de force for six dancers. Utilising a score created in collaboration with the dancers’ own rhythmic impulses and employing their individual bodies as percussion instruments, the soundscape is integrated with original electronic music composed by Mikael Karlsson. Read More
Atalaÿ Atalaÿ is a watch tower from which far off lands can be seen from four points; a contagious dance influenced by the warmth of the Mediterranean. Read More
Tundra Tundra is a barren landscape where ultra-modern creativity blinks into life and tears pages from history books about Russian folk dance, the USSR and revolution. Marcos Morau’s bold style draws inspiration from art and cinema. Tundra takes old ideas and uses contemporary dance to give them renewed meaning. Nominee at the UK Theatre Awards 2018 (Best Achievement in Dance). Best Dance Wales Theatre Awards 2017. Read More
The Green House Caroline Finn takes us on a nostalgic journey, asking us to peer into The Green House. On a twisted TV set, characters discover the fine line between fantasy and reality. Read More
Folk Folk is a vintage fairy-tale, set in a rich fantastical world under the boughs of an upside-down tree, as darkly whimsical as it is enchanting. Read More