On Friday 27th April 2024, I was delighted to visit Expressions Theatre Arts School with Cllr Helen Boyd to meet some of the dancers who are preparing for the Dance World Cup in Prague in June.
Out of 5000 entries, twelve dancers from Expressions have been picked to compete at the Dance World Cup in Prague which will run from the 27th June to 6th July 2024.
The 12 students who are aged between 11 and 17 years of age, successfully auditioned for team England out of over 5000 applications, a fantastic achievement in itself. They will compete in the categories of ballet, national, contemporary, character and tap.
It will cost the dancers around £1000 each with travel, accommodation, team kit and rehearsals taken into account. The dancers’ families will go to support them as well so this will incur additional costs.
Expressions are doing everything they can to help with the cost including holding a cake sale on Friday which I was pleased to support.
The school has so far raised £4,500 which includes a considerable donation from Barrons accountants in Leigh which has gone towards costs of the kit.
The school wants to raise £6,000 and the link (below) for donations will be live for the next few weeks. Do support them if you can!
https://giveahand.com/fundraiser/lets-get-to-the-dance-world-cup
