ENBYouthCo Auditions 2025

Please find below further information about ENBYouthCo, the application process and audition workshop for prospective young dancers to join us in September 2025.

Audition Workshop Dates: Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 July 2025

Auditions are by invitation only, following an application process. Applications close on Monday 2 June 2025, 8am.

Please download and read the full Application Guidelines here.

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About ENBYouthCo

ENBYouthCo was launched in 2012 and is recognised as one of the leading youth dance companies in the UK, offering young artists 14 – 18 years, a level of professional supplementary ballet and contemporary dance training, creation and performance experiences, and individual mentoring, that is embodied within English National Ballet.

ENBYouthCo creates and performs new work at youth dance platforms across London and the regions, and at Re-Play ENB’s platform at Mulryan Centre for Dance. At its core ENBYouthCo develops the potential of its dancers, promoting personal creativity and providing unique opportunities to co-create new work with world-class creatives.

ENBYouthCo graduates have been successful in securing places at accredited vocational training and entering professions within the creative industries. Beyond graduating ENBYouthCo alumni are regularly provided opportunities to continue their professional development with ENB through masterclasses, placements, and artist-in-training openings, as appropriate.

ENBYouthCo Annual Cohort

ENBYouthCo follows an academic year and is based at our home Mulryan Centre for Dance (MCD). The annual programme includes regular weekly sessions at MCD and intensives, three terms a year, with additional dates for dress rehearsals and performances as required.

Regular weekly sessions take place on Fridays at 6.30 – 8.30pm and each term has a minimum of two Sunday intensives 10am – 4pm. A five-day Summer Intensive, which ENBYouthCo dancers are expected to attend, is scheduled at the end of July / early August.

ENBYouthCo Core Annual Dates

Summer Intensive 2025
Monday 4  – Friday 8 August 2025

Autumn Term 2025
Weekly Sessions: Friday 12 September – Friday 5 December (No session Friday 31 October)
Sunday Intensives: Sunday 28 September and Sunday 16 November

Winter/Spring Term 2026
Weekly Sessions: Friday 9 Jan – Friday 27 March (No evening session Friday 20 February)
Half Term Intensive: Monday 16 – Friday 20 February
Additional Rehearsal Dates: Saturday 7 February, Sunday 8 February, Sunday 15 February, Saturday 28 February
Sunday Intensives: Sunday 25 January and Sunday 1 March

Summer Term 2026
Weekly Sessions: Friday 17 April – Friday 3 July (No session Friday 22 and 29 May)
Tasters: Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 May
Sunday Intensives: Sunday 26 April and Sunday 7 June

TO BE CONFIRMED: Performance dates and 2026 Summer Intensive. These are confirmed at the beginning of each respective term. Dates are subject to change.

Want to find out more before you apply? 

• We strongly recommend all dancers join a ENBYouthCo Taster Session. These are free to prospective applicants, where you can take part in technique and creative sessions, and there is also an information session for those dancers and their parents to hear all about ENBYouthCo.
• Click here to book your place on one of our upcoming ENBYouthCo Taster Sessions on Saturday 10 May or Sunday 11 May 2025.
• Further information about ENBYouthCo can be found in our ENBYouthCo Application Guidelines here.

Application process

Please ensure you have read our ENBYouthCo Application Guidelines before applying.

Click here to complete the online application form by Monday 2 June 2025, 8am.

If your application is accepted and you are invited to the ENBYouthCo Audition Workshop, this will take place on either Saturday 5 July and Sunday 6 July.

Dancers from the audition workshop who are offered a place with ENBYouthCo will be invited to take part in a Summer Intensive on Monday 4 – Friday 8 August 2025.

All activity is held at English National Ballet, Mulryan Centre for Dance, 41 Hopewell Square, London, E14 0SY.

To find out more about ENBYouthCo click here or email engagement@ballet.org.uk.

Featured Image: ENBYouthCo perform at U Dance 2025 (Credit: Rachel Cherry)