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A competition for young people, showcasing the very best of young British talent.

Be astounded, mesmerised and amazed as aspiring dancers compete for a life-changing prize. From ballet to street, extraordinary new talents aim to wow the biggest names in dance.

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BBC Young Dancer 2015

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Dominic Antonucci

Christopher Hampson

Kenneth Tharp

BBC Young Dancer: 2015: Episode 4: Ballet Final

Ballet Final

Episode 4

Episode 4: Ballet Final

2015

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Five ballet dancers prepare two solos and a pas de deux for a place in the Grand Final.

Talent search to find the first ever BBC Young Dancer. Five ballet dancers prepare two solos and a pas de deux for a place in the Grand Final at Sadler's Wells.

The BBC turns the spotlight on the UK's best young dancers with a nationwide talent search to find the first BBC Young Dancer. Dancers aged 16-20 were invited to enter one of four categories - ballet, contemporary, hip hop and South Asian dance.

Five talented ballet dancers compete in the last of the category finals, hoping to win a place on the main stage in the grand final at Sadler's Wells. 

Mentors are enlisted to help the finalists prepare two contrasting solos and a pas de deux, and there's behind-the-scenes to their preparations in workshops and rehearsals in the run up to the performance at the Riverfront Arts Centre, Newport. 

They face a panel of distinguished judges - Dominic Antonucci, ballet master at Birmingham Royal Ballet, Christopher Hampson, artistic director of Scottish Ballet, and judging across all four categories, Kenneth Tharp, chief executive of The Place, a leading centre for contemporary dance.

The ballet category finalists are: Paris Fitzpatrick, Jenny Hackwell, Sayaka Ishibashi, Hamish Scott and Archie Sullivan.

BBC Young Dancer: 2015

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