Lancing dance scholar wins two national trophies
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Sienna Ellman-Baker, 16, competed at the Winter Gardens Blackpool in the under-35 division, taking second place in the UK for Latin and fourth in ballroom.
She is a member of Hove Dance Centre and partnered with principal Jake Hooker for the competition.
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Sienna is a year-12 dance scholar, studying performing arts at Seaford College in East Lavington.
Alena Bennett, head of dance, said: “We are so proud of Sienna. She competed in so many different styles, jive, rumba, cha cha, waltz, tango, quickstep, basically all the dances that they do on Strictly. This is a huge achievement.”
Sienna is playing Eliza in the school production of Pygmalion.