An army of competitive dancers is ready to take over the world, one routine at a time.

Dance Nation depicts the angst and the ecstasy of a troupe of pre-teens, a mixture of the frightened and the feral, thrust into a world of cut-throat dance competition.

With a battle for power and perfection raging on and off stage, Clare Barron’s Dance Nation is a ferocious exploration of youth, ambition and self-discovery. Paul Foster directs.

‘Blazingly original. Dance Nation conjures the passionate ambivalence of early adolescence with sharpness and poignancy.’ New York Times