Henry Dowden,10, has been selected to be one of 12 in the country to train at the Royal Ballet School
A boy has beaten fierce competition to get a training place at the Royal Ballet School.
Henry Dowden, ten, is one of only 12 in the country to be selected.
He will be a full time pupil at the school in Richmond Park, London, from September.
Henry has been a student at the Drusilla Duffill Theatre School in Burgess Hill for four years and has also been a Junior Associate at the Royal Ballet School.
He recently appeared at a dance seminar in London called Move it.
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