Seventeen-year-old Molly Jones has left her home in Two Locks and moved to London to train at a top dance and musical theatre school. Since January she has been a student at The Urdang Academy.
Many of its former students have performed in West End shows and become professional dancers.
Watch her in this video that she choreographed to: “Send a powerful message out there of the pressures that girls have to face.”
Tbe former Cwmbran High School pupil aid: “I’m from the Two Locks area and the move was different because quiet in London is Cwmbran town on a Saturday afternoon 🙂 .
“Moving away to train professionally has always been a dream for me but I never actually realised how big of a challenge it was until I pursued it.
“In four weeks I left my school, my friends, my jobs, my previous dance and musical theatre training (mid-show season- sorry Wayne and Rach from the theatre) and most of all my family behind to start my training for my career.
“I would not be able to do this without my mum (Andrea Harding) and my auntie who was also my dance teacher (Samantha Harding) also known as my ‘dream team’ ????.
“They are a massive support to me with everything I do and have helped me reach this goal from such a young age. I wouldn’t be able to stand where I am in my journey without them.”
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Moving to London
“Moving to a city where you know fewer than 30 people is slightly daunting buts it’s been amazing to say the least.
“My ambitions are to be in Matthew Bourne’s company which in one of the top dance companies in the world and I would also like to be in the West End performing because who wouldn’t want to perform in front of thousands of people every night.
“I trained with Starlight Youth Dance Company and Gemini School of Dance and then for my musical theatre training I was also with the fabulous Congress Youth Theatre.
“I’ve been dancing since the age of two.
“Whilst I lived in Cwmbran I was in a lot of pantomimes with Owen Money (200 performances) and also performing a lot with the Congress Youth Theatre who brought out the musical theatre quirky side of me.
“Last year I had the biggest honour of representing my country in the Dance World Cup which is the Olympics of dance and represented Wales in two sections, jazz and musical theatre.”
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