TEN young dancers from Bromsgrove will live their dreams when they appeared in a professional ballet production featuring Nutcracker Suite and Ballet Études at the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre.
The ballet, on September 29 and 30, will star international principal dancers Phillip Tunstall, Monica Tapiador, Samantha Camejo, Amy Drew and Oliver Speers.
All the soloist and corps de ballet roles in the production will be performed by 100 dancers aged eight to 18 from the local area.
The 10 dancers from Bromsgrove include Amber Banham, 12, Isla Bird, eight, Elysia Capewell, 15, Matilda Eades, 13, Bella Gray, 10, Gina Obrey, eight, Lesha Price, 1, Aoife Shaw, 15, Lydia Teer, 17, and Mia Wainwright, 12.
Director and founder of English Youth Ballet, Janet Lewis MBE, said “The company is especially excited about presenting our newest ballet - Ballet Études in Aylesbury.
“The music by Carl Czerny is absolutely beautiful and the ballet cleverly introduces the audience to the rigours of classical ballet training and performance.”
Tickets can be purchased at the box office 01902 429212 or online grandtheatre.co.uk
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