THE next George Sampson or Diversity could be found in Waltham Forest as dance group Boy Blue open auditions to pupils at a Leyton school.
Members of Boy Blue will visit Norlington School for Boys, in Norlington Road, tomorrow (Thursday) to hold a full day of dance workshops for Year 7 and 8 pupils.
Students will be given a taster of Boy Blue's work and will then be taught various routines as well as technique and confidence building.
They will then invite students to come along to auditions in Camden for their Christmas show, to be put on at the Barbican this winter.
Partnership and development manager for the Central School Sports Partnership Tanya Irvine said: “Boy Blue have been a huge success and they're quite a local group as well – they've got ties to Stratford.
“They're really keen to involve more boys and they realise that not every child has access to dance.”
She is also hoping to set up dance clubs for pupils as a way to introduce them to 'non-traditional' sports.
Miss Irvine said: “This is the start of many more projects. We're going to offer a dance club with some ex-students.
“I'd really like to see dance become sustainable in school. I think there's a lot of talent here.”
Boy Blue are best known for their hip-hop reinterpretation of the story of the Pied Pipe of Hamelin, entitled simply Pied Piper, told entirely through dance.
They are offering 60 young people the chance to become part of the show, which runs from December to January.
Miss Irvine said: “I think the boys are excited. They don't know who Boy Blue are but the workshop starts with a performance, which will wow them.”
She added: “It would be great if we could find the new Diversity here. They've had a huge impact on promoting dance.”
She is now hoping the workshop will create greater interest in dance among boys and will be taking a group to see Pied Piper later this year.
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