It was nice to just help Miss Caroline with the younger kids. I knew things would be awkward with Ash after yesterday, and it had been bugging me since I was rude to her. We’d never had a fight and I wanted to apologise. Plus, I really wanted to talk to her about my frustration at not being able ...
No matter how many times I’ve been on stage, performing for crowds of people, I still get nervous every single time. Benji was as cool as one of Jasmine’s icy stares, though. ‘Ah stop it,’ Paige,’ he said, taking my hand and squeezing it before leading me out onto the ballroom floor. ‘We got this...
In the long rectangular room there were sequins and bobby pins scattered everywhere, stockings and leotards hanging from the ceiling, and girls running around with make-up brushes in their hands, calling out for their mums to finish their lipstick. My mum wasn’t backstage. She rarely is. She’s pr...
‘Rubbish only,’ I said, pointing at the sign. He laughed. ‘Yeah, sorry for walking out,’ he said. ‘I just don’t want to do ballroom in the showcase.’ ‘Are you embarrassed to dance with me?’ I asked, sitting next to him. ‘I know sometimes I’m not very good.’ ‘Nah, course not!’ he said. ‘Why do you...
I jumped into the air, beat my legs together and came back down, but when I landed my foot rolled and I stumbled. ‘No good,’ said Ms McGlone. ‘Again!’ My foot twinged but I kept my face blank and did the move again, this time managing not to stuff up. ‘Finally,’ I heard Jasmine mutter under her b...
Toe, toe, toe, toe. Shuffle, shuffle, shuffle, shuffle. Slap ball change, slap ball change, slap ball change, slap ball change. ‘I think I’ve got it,’ I whispered to the back of Paige’s head. She turned around at the barre and gave me a quick smile before switching to do all the steps on her left...
Jay picked a Chris Brown song called ‘I Can Transform Ya’. It had all these robotic tones and a pounding electro beat. Jay called it ‘robo-crunk’. We weren’t doing robot moves or anything like that, though. Jay’s choreography was based around the idea of being a ninja, and he teamed it with lots ...