With 100’s of children from all over the country competing for these prestigious places incredibly two local children from the Wimbledon based Karen Forbes School of Dance, Rio Barker (9) and Emma Nasskau (9) were selected for the main Company; just 23 talented young dancers were selected to perform The Secret Garden at The Lyric Hammersmith during the May 2017 half term.

A further two local Wimbledon dancers, Celina Rovini (10) and Ciara Donovan-Hill (14), also from Karen Forbes School of Dance were selected to join one of the London Children’s Ballet touring Companies.

The judging panel looks for good technique, but they also look for that extra something special that makes a dancer beautiful to watch.

With Darcy Bussell as one of its patrons, London Children’s Ballet is a performance company and charity that inspires the pursuit of excellence and changes lives through dance, The LCB creates a new West End ballet each year performed by talented young dancers aged 9-16.

Based on information supplied by Christina Chads.