Young dancer Rebekah Knight is celebrating after being picked for a tour with the National Youth Ballet.

Rebekah, 16, a student at the Glendale Theatre Arts School in Worthing, will be performing Les Petits Rats at a series of venues in October and November.

The highlight will be a gala production at the prestigious Sadlers Wells Theatre in London on November 5.

Rebekah, of Brighton Road, Lancing, beat off stiff competition to pass tough auditions for the tour of England and her family are delighted at her success.

Her mother, Kathleen, said: "We are all very proud of her.

"She has worked very hard to get where she is and we are sure she will be very successful."

Rebekah has danced since she was two-years-old and has just finished her GCSE exams at Boundstone Community College in Lancing.

She plans to do A-levels, including one in dance, before trying for a place at a dancing college in London.