YOUNG dancers from a Staple Hill dance school had the chance to show their skills to an international audience when they performed at Disneyland Paris.
A group of 35 dancers from RedX Dance, aged between seven and 21, took to the stage at the tourist resort, which has around 15 million visitors every year, during the school half-term holidays.
Planning and rehearsing their 20-minute routine, which was choreographed for a Disney performance, lasted around 18 months, with the dancers attending extra classes each week at the RedX Dance Studio in Page Road.
RedX’s Jasmine Sorisi-Thomas, who founded the dance studio with her sister Gaby 12 years ago, said: “This helped to bring the dancers and parents together as a team. By the end of the rehearsal the dancers definitely had their Disney smiles to go with their dance!
“For some of the dancers this was the first time abroad.”
RedX dancers last performed at Disneyland Paris in 2019.
Jasmine said: “Covid lockdowns temporarily stopped further trips, so we were happy once classes were back up and running and life got back to normal, to consider returning to perform on the Disneyland Paris international stage.
“We have some wonderful parents whose children attend, and we are truly humbled by the kindness, support and friendship they have shown us not just during this trip, but over the years. “We’ve made some truly wonderful friendships and love our RedX family and we hope they have made some lovely magical memories which will stay with them for life.
“One parent described it as ‘one of the most magical and memorable trips that we have ever had’.”
For more information about RedX Dance email
redxdance@outlook.com.