Kenrick ‘H2O’ Sandy MBE
Kenrick ‘H2O’ Sandy MBE, Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Boy Blue, Associate Artist at the Barbican, London, is undoubtedly one of the most renowned choreographers, performers and teachers in the UK commercial and theatrical scenes.
Sandy’s credits are extensive having worked in TV, film and theatre, at home and abroad, alongside Boy Blue’s 2001 inception. As a choreographer he’s responsible for Cycles (2024) REDD (2019), Outliers (2018), the Olivier–nominated Blak Whyte Gray (2017), The Five & the Prophecy of Prana (2013), A Night With Boy Blue (2025, 2022, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2013) and the Olivier award winning Pied Piper: A Hip-Hop Dance Revolution (2006). He also co-directed and choreographed Unleashed for the Barbican (2012).
In 2023, Sandy was part of the creative team of Free Your Mind, a Factory International commission to open their new building, Aviva Studios, in Manchester. Working alongside Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante, Danny Boyle, Es Devlin and Sabrina Mahfouz, Free Your Mind was a large-scale undertaking based on a reimagining of the classic sci-fi film The Matrix.
Off the main stage, Sandy collaborated with director Danny Boyle for the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony, winning the Evening Standard’s Beyond Theatre award. Sandy also worked on the Closing Winter Paralympic 2014 Ceremony and the 2007 Tour De France opening in Trafalgar Square, London. Theatre work includes Play On (2024) and Guys and Dolls (2017) for Talawa, and Once On This Island for Regent’s Park OpenAir Theatre (2023).
On screen work includes choreography on the BAFTA Awards, for All Stars and T2 Trainspotting, plus appearances on Street Dance 3D, the BBC’s So You Think You Can Dance and CBBC’s Alesha’s Street Dance Stars. In 2015 he judged the inaugural BBC Young Dancer Competition. As a performer himself, his repertoire includes Legacy Re:Loaded at the Jerwood Dance House and Jonzi D’s Lyrikal Fearta Redux at Sadler’s Wells.
In 2017 Sandy was awarded an MBE for services to dance and the community in the Queen’s New Years honours list, an Honorary Fellowship (HonFGS) from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 2018 and in 2019, a Companionship from LIPA.
