FERNDOWN-based performing arts school Studio One has been chosen to perform at Dance Proms 2016, the biggest national youth dance celebration in the UK.

The 14 talented dancers, aged between 12 and 16, will perform an original choreographed tap dance on the night called Hot Shoe Shuffle.

Dance groups from around the world and the UK submitted a video of an original dance for the chance to secure a place in the running order of just 22 dances.

The group will perform on the Royal Albert Hall stage to an audience of dance lovers, talent spotters and celebrity patrons including Darcey Bussell CBE, Matt Flint and Arlene Phillips CBE.

The students will be joined on the iconic stage by 21 other young groups from as far afield as Vietnam and Italy, performing in a range of other genres such as Latin American, Hip Hop and Classical Greek.

Denise Booth, Principal at Studio One,said: “This is a wonderful opportunity for our dance students. We performed at Dance Proms in 2012 and so our students are extremely excited to be dancing again on such a prestigious stage.

"We’ve been busy practising our Hot Shoe Shuffle routine – it's a tap dancing extravaganza, guaranteed to get feet tapping and hands clapping."

Darcey Bussell CBE, celebrity patron of Dance Proms, said: "I attend the Dance Proms every year, and the sheer scale and spectacle of the event never fails to impress me. The young dancing talent on display is of such high standard and Studio One (DPCA) will make a great addition to the line-up this year."