Dance Works Season 1
Go behind the curtain with DanceWorks, where the world’s most inspiring dancers and choreographers reveal their craft, passion, and creative process.
Get a behind-the-scenes look at the world of movement and expression. Produced with Sadler’s Wells, Dance Works follows extraordinary dancers and choreographers as they push boundaries, explore identity, and turn passion into art. Each film captures the creative process, the struggle, and the beauty of dance in motion.
Cast
Zenaida Yanowsky (Self) , Dickson Mbi (Self) , Shobana Jeyasingh (Self) , Carlos Pons Guerra (Self) , María Pagés (Self) , Sharon Eyal (Self) , Ballet Black & Mthuthuzeli November (Self) , Gorka Marquez (Self) , Karen Hauer (Self)
Director
Episodes
Dying Swan
30mA powerful reflection on time, resilience and artistry. Former Royal Ballet principal Zenaida Yanowsky, 43, battles injury and age to reclaim her strength and perform The Dying Swan. As she prepares her final bow, she meets rising star Natalia Osipova — two generations of dancers united by grace, discipline and defiance.
Street to Stage
30mFrom the streets to the stage, Dickson Mbi stands at a career crossroads. A master of ‘popping,’ he steps into the world of contemporary dance under the eye of producer Farooq Chaudhry. As he builds his first solo, Dickson must push mind and body beyond their limits — proving that true evolution demands both vulnerability and courage.
Choreographing History
30mVisionary choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh transforms history into movement. In Contagion, she explores the 1918 flu pandemic through dance, blending science, memory and emotion. Collaborating with leading virologists, she turns microscopic realities into sweeping choreography — a haunting meditation on fragility, endurance and the human body in crisis.
Prejudice and Passion
30mProvocative, fearless and full of wit, Carlos Pons Guerra reshapes the language of dance. Preparing his darkly comic O! Maria for a major London stage, he also ventures into children’s theatre with a tale of two male penguins raising a chick. Both works carry his signature — playful, political and deeply personal in the fight for visibility and acceptance.