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BALLERINA HOLLIE LANDS MAJOR ROLE
From the Express and Echo

Devon teenager Hollie Da'Bell is dancing for joy after landing a part in a major production and starring in the show's publicity campaign.

Hollie, 15, from Exmouth, will grace thousands of posters advertising the National Youth Ballet's touring production of Cinderella.

Hollie, a student at Exmouth Community College, appears in the show and on the poster as the fairy godmother - a piece exclusively choreographed for her by Wayne Sleep.

Earlier this year, Hollie was chosen from over 1,000 young hopefuls for the role. Hollie, who lives at Sandy Bay, said: "I was over the moon to be chosen to appear on the poster.

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The Magical World of National Youth Ballet
By Anthony Meredith for the Dancing Times

It was an exciting moment when our daughter successfully negotiated the heavily contested National Youth Ballet auditions. Indeed, her debut some ten years ago was a proud event in family history. We attended several performances at the Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, and arrived in our droves for the gala at Sadler’s Wells. Not that our daughter, as a cheerful field-mouse in Robert Harrold’s rumbustious curtain-raiser, Barn Dance, was among the more conspicuous of the hundred or so performers that year, cavorting as she was with 26 other field-mice.

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