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porschesrule wrote:Rhys has again had great success in winning four gold medals in the All England Dance National finals:

Wow! Four more than I won!

Congratulations, Rhys!!!

Happy 16th Birthday, Rhys!!

Hope you've had a great celebration.

I was just wondering what Rhys was up to these days and I found this:

summer scholarship winner to Opes International Ballet -
https://www.facebook.com/52845453054601 ... =1&theater

and this on twitter -
https://twitter.com/Rhys_Yeomans/status ... 6641887232

English National Ballet - congratulations!

I gathered that the reference to ENB meant to their school, and so after a search, I found this on facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/rhys.yeomans1?fref=ts

It appears that Rhys decided to attend the ENBS, since this page lists him as a student there as of May.


Here's more information about the Opes program:

http://www.opesballet.co.uk/

If I'm not mistaken, the young man in the black tights and white top at the barre opposite the ballerina is Rhys, which leads me to think he may have done the Opes course last summer as well. If you take a look at the gallery on the website, there is also a color photo that includes him, plus other photos of the venue. Looks like a great place to spend part of the summer, doesn't it?

ERinVA wrote:If I'm not mistaken, the young man in the black tights and white top at the barre opposite the ballerina is Rhys

Looks like him, yeah.

Rhys is a finalist in the Ballet category of the BBC's Young Dancer Competition:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latest ... =corporate

A Radio Times article about Rhys:

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-03- ... ancer-2017

I just watched the BBC Young Dancer 2017 ballet final on catch up. Rhys was chosen by the judges as the winner. He performed two solos and a pas de deux. There was mention of his time in BETM.

It was aired on 31 March, but you can still watch it on catch up here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... llet-final

PS I thought all the 5 contestants were brilliant and it's really worth a watch!

Flyin high wrote:I just watched the BBC Young Dancer 2017 ballet final on catch up. Rhys was chosen by the judges as the winner. He performed two solos and a pas de deux. There was mention of his time in BETM.

It was aired on 31 March, but you can still watch it on catch up here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... llet-final

Only if you're in the UK and have a license.