They are aged 13 to 15 and have just won gold in the tap category at the European dance competition which took place in Rome between November 1 and 3. A first for this young team.
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Their names are Ghjulia, Anna Dea, Emma, Chloé, Mélissa, Antonia, Ghjulia, Lilie-Marie, Angelina and Léana and are between 13 and 15 years old. Their team, “Welcome to Hogwarts”, has just won the gold medal at the European dance competition which took place in Rome between November 1 and 3.
A first for this very young team. “We are very proud of our students. They are the youngest and it was their first European competition. It's a great pride”, book Sandrine Ferri, director of the Danse Passion school in Ajaccio.
A pride shared by the tap dance teacher, Laetitia Nouvel-Ferri. “To achieve this, they took part in the regional competition in Borgo last April, then the national competition in Lyon last May, where they had already unanimously won first prize.”, she says.
During the year, the teenagers train one hour per week. A preparation which intensified a month before the date of the competition when two hours of additional training were organized each week.
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