Nadia Sohawan
Nadia is an actress, choreographer, Fire eater and martial artist born and raised in North London.
She started on the street dance scene early learning locking and popping with London OG Jimmy Williams and Patrick Cesar then joined Underground street dance crew BOY BLUE in 2002 lead by Kenrick sandy MBE and producer Mikey J Asante. BOY BLUE developed into a hip hop theatre company and went on to win an Olivier award for their alternative production of ‘The Pied Piper’.
In 2003 she founded freeYOURstyle Collective that developed into a talent agency Through the years, managing mainly POC and LGBTQ dancers from the underground/battle scene, working with artists such as CHAKA KHAN, FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE, DUA LIPA along with other artists, brands and shows.
Nadia’s choreography and dance contributions include : AFTER LIFE 2 (Netflix) , ROCKETMAN (paramount), 2012 OLYMPIC OPENING CEREMONY (Boy blue), ALICE CHATER (Virgin-EMI), DIZZEE RASCAL, ALEXANDER WOLFE, MARIAH CAREY, DIVERSITY (limitless tour), BLAZE (stage), CATCH ME DADDY (Film 4), ALLSTARS (Vertigo films) and more.
Nadia also assisted Oscar winning director Danny Boyle on ‘E.O.E.’ A dance film for BBC and won best choreography for short film ‘BOSS’ at ALTFF TORONTO.
Nadia has also worked extensively as a choreographer and movement director for the stage, including working closely with award-winning theatre company LES ENFANT TERRIBLES on Bedtime Stories, United Queendom and their upcoming, returning production of Olivier-nominated Alice’s Adventures Underground. Recent work includes working with Regents Open Air Theatre (Antigone) and with Rikki Beadle-Blair for the critically acclaimed production of ENG-ER-LAND (Jermyn Street Theatre).
Nadia also lectures on Industry Practice and Movement at the University of East London.