Local boy wins top dance course position

THEO CANNING, 9 from Dunmow, has won a place at The Royal Ballet Lower School, in London. Amazingly, Theo only began ballet dancing around half-a-year-ago and was whittled down to the final 6 out of 1,200 contestants/hopefuls.

He will begin in September, training once a week on a strict regime and he hopes that he will become a full-time student at The Richard Park Academy once he reaches the required minimum age of 11.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlb_ts2lKJQ VIDEO SOURCE: H&E Observer (Dunmow & Stansted)