A Burnley College alumna and student at the London Studio Centre has spoken of her inspiring journey into the dance industry.

Maisy Andrea, recently had the privilege of auditioning for renowned choreographer Dane Bates who has worked on shows such as 'Britain's Got Talent'.

She was selected from hundreds of hopefuls to perform in Dane’s upcoming piece at 'Move It' - the world’s biggest dance event - which is due to take place in London in March.

She said: "I had the opportunity to attend one of his open dance classes. It was really inspiring.

“A few ago it was announced he was choreographing for one of the pieces on the main stage at Move It.

“I was worried I wasn’t good enough, but my mum said ‘You HAVE to audition!’”
The auditions weren’t without incident though.

“I injured my foot! After the audition I went home and sat on my bed and got a pack of ice to put on it.

“As soon as the ice pack hit my foot, the email arrived saying I’d got the part.

“I immediately called my mum and burst into tears. This is easily the biggest job of my career so far.”

Maisy was also back at the Burnley College campus to lead a special choreography lesson and offer her expertise in judging the second-year dancers’ solo assessments:

She said: "Performing your assessment can feel really overwhelming at the time. 

“Of course everyone is on your side, and there's so much support from the tutors who just want you to shine.

“So to be invited to give my constructive criticism of the students work is such an honour.”

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Maisy said it was important at times to receive constructive criticism.

"It’s an industry that relies on auditions, notes and feedback so you have to be prepared to be judged all the time.

“You have to live and learn and get used to receiving criticism as it is a really valuable way to grow as a performer.

“Being on the other side of the desk at auditions is a really interesting role reversal.”