A global celebration of youth, culture, and creativity, The Commonwealth Dance Relay brings together young dancers from across the UK and around the Commonwealth in a powerful, inclusive dance relay, each contributing their own interpretation of a collaboratively composed soundtrack.

The dance track has been created by five young composers from around the Commonwealth, each representing a different region – Europe (Jacob Abela), Asia (Nafias Ahmed), The Caribbean (Gerard Coutain), Africa (Flabie Enar Loape) and The Pacific (Grace Wellik)

Each of the 5 composers wrote a small fragment of music representing their own culture which were all fitted together into a 7-minute dance track by a young composer called Cole Lam.

After getting a chance opportunity to discover ballet from a young age and rising to fame at the National Ballet, choreographer Shevelle Dynott co-created a unique six minute dance performance, working in collaboration with students from the Royal Ballet School in London to start the relay.