Anu Ogunmefun, 14, from Park Croft in Polegate, beat 500 children in October to join the London Children's Ballet for a Jane Eyre production at The Peacock Theatre.

The Willingdon Community School pupil has been doing ballet pirouettes since she was seven.

Anu said: 'It is really good and I am very happy about it.

'I had an audition, then further recalls, and then another audition to see if I had got in.

'I love the state of moving in ballet, it is so different to other dancing.

'Nothing else matters when you start ballet dancing, it is such a good feeling.'

Foster parents Patricia and Victor Brooker said they were proud of Anu.
Mrs Brooker said: 'We are very pleased she got in after all the hard work.'

Anu trains four days a week after school at Sussex School of Dancing in Eastbourne.

She plans to become a full time professional dancer when she leaves school.

Jane Eyre is showing at The Peacock Theatre, Portugual Street, in London from May 15 to May 18.