Just months after they began their training, Junee's youngest ballerinas are about to dance alongside Australia's finest.
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The community centre's class of aspiring dancers will be joined by the Australian Ballet troupe on Monday, ahead of their performance of the classical canon Coppelia.
"Knowing that we wouldn't have the funds to get all the girls into Wagga to see it, I reached out to them to see if they would be able to make an arrangement for some to come along," said ballet instructor Amy Murphy.
"They went so much further by offering us two workshops, where they will even teach the girls some of the simple parts from Coppelia."
The students will also be given exclusive tickets to the behind-the-scenes rehearsals of Coppelia in Wagga next Wednesday.
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Until the introduction of the centre's classes, few of the girls had entertained the notion of becoming ballerinas. Now, Ms Murphy says they are showing strong promise.
"A few of them are very suitable for a career in it, and this might be what they need to begin pursuing that. We don't live in a major city, so this is an opportunity we normally wouldn't have at all," Ms Murphy said.
Since beginning with just a handful of students only weeks ago, the community centre's classes have now expanded to fill a session on each weeknight.