| Red haired Maria Gregory, aged 9 cuts a stunning presence as Posy the orphan daughter of a ballet dancer |
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| Posy's stage sister Pauline danced by Laura Croom, aged 14 reflects her character perfectly with her classic blonde blue eyed look who in the story goes on to star in Hollywood |
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| Lowri Shone, aged 13 (her brother, aged 10 is also in Ballet Shoes while two of her other siblings are former LCB dancers) perfectly portrays Petrova who would rather be tinkering with motorcars than performing on stage with her sisters |
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| Benji Pearson, aged 11, who a year ago had never attended a ballet class has won a number of key roles in Ballet Shoes as well as being selected to appear at the Royal Opera House |
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| Ben Radford, aged 15 dances one of the leading roles of Mr Simpson. He is a boy who, through peer pressure nearly abandoned dance. Purely through his being spotted by the Royal Ballet to perform at the Queen’s 80 th birthday celebrations, did his passion survive |
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