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STUDENTS at a street dance school are due to audition on Friday for the chance to be selected for TV show Britain’s Got Talent.
The Emma Jane Dance School has been contacted by the talent show’s production team to ask if students want to perform in front of Simon Cowell’s production team.
And tomorrow afternoon 15 dancers are expected to audition for the show in both solo and duet performances in a range of dance styles, including tap, modern, street, cheer and hip-hop.
Emma Jane Griffiths, principal and owner of the school, said: ‘It’s lovely for them to come here, because going to the show is not always accessible for people in Jersey.
‘The dancers are excited and nervous, because there is such a huge amount of talent around, and also for them, it’s a step into the unknown.
‘But it will be a great experience for them to get feedback from others.’
Dancers aged from six to 16 will be filmed as part of the audition process.
The footage will be assessed by a production crew in the UK before the dancers find out if they have made it through to compete in the show.
Ms Griffiths, who was born in Dublin but moved to the Island in 1999, said she was flattered on behalf of her school to have been asked to take part in the auditions, although she said the students found the news hard to believe.
”We’ve never done anything like this before,’ she said.
‘The dancers didn’t believe me when I told them.’
As well as auditioning the dance students, the Britain’s Got Talent production team will also audition the finalists of the Jersey’s Kids Got Talent competition later in the day.
- Former Hautlieu student Jamie Lovatt was chosen from thousands of acts last year to audition for BBC1 show The Voice. Jamie was chosen by Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson but failed to make it through the battle-round of the TV series and was sent home.
- In 2011, Donelda Guy along with her performing dogs Biba and Mega managed to make it through to the semi-final of Britains Got Talent.
