Interview with Clara Faust Spies (Role; Susan Parks) from the weekly newspaper Uge Nyt Fredensborg January 13th 2015 - Original article in Danish can be found on
http://e-pages.dk/unyt/379/14
Girl from Humlebæk on her toes to reach for her dream
With ballet shoes and tutu 12 years old Clara has danced her self into the musical of her dreams
By Jannie Fjordside
THEATER DREAM
With cheeks so red that they almost lit competing with her young eyes, Clara Faust Spies sits down on a chair outside the auditorium at the New Theatre. She's still hot after the day's last rehearsel, but maybe it's also enthusiasm, making her cheeks blaze. And a certain amount of fatigue.
12 -year-old Clara Faust Spies from Humlebæk has good reason to be both excited and tired. In recent weeks, she has spent most of her spare time from school rehearsing on 'Billy Elliott The Musical', which will shortly have its opening night at the New Theatre.
A show that she describes as a dream to be in . "I saw the show in London two years ago, before I even knew I was to be part of it. And we have the film at home - I really like the story about that you can achieve your dreams, "says Clara Faust Spies. Her own dream is to extend the all ready neat series of performances, she has participated in including at the Royal Theatre, to a professional career as an actor.
A SPASTIC STARFISH
Clara Faust Spies' interest in drama actually began as a passion for ballet - a passion she inherited from her older sister. In the 1st and 2nd grade, she was a student at the Royal Ballet School, but even if she did not go further after 2nd grade exam, she was still infected by ballet. Only 12 years old, but in many ways she answers like a little adult. For example, when the issue falls on the dream career as an actress: "I would still really like to dance professionally, but it is very hard for the body. One can have a long career as an actor, " says Clara. However, there are still plenty of kid behind the adult words, she assures. And the child in her is enjoying the role of clumsy ballet girl being called a 'spastic starfish' by her teacher. "It's funny that it don’t always have to be so perfect, "concludes Clara Faust Spies.
Clara thinks it is fun to be in Billy Elliott The Musical, because of the many children, and because the story is both serious and fun. Photo: J. Fjordside