Talented young dancer Ella Fitzpatrick has traded the bush for the beach after she was “discovered” by the head of a prestigious arts academy on the Central Coast.
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The 15-year-old Wagga girl’s mother, Robyn, said she had been dancing since she was about four.
“Ella was always dancing everywhere,” Ms Fitzpatrick said. “It’s been her dream since she was little to be a professional dancer and she’s worked really hard.”
Anne Reardon, Ella’s Wagga-based dance instructor, said the young woman was a “triple threat” and believed one day she would cheer her on from the front row.
“She’s an all-round performer,” Ms Reardon said. “Ella can dance, she can act and she can sing.”
Ella has moved to the Lee Academy in Tuggerah, doing Year 10 schoolwork alongside her dance classes.