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TV dance hopeful is on tap of the world!
A teenage tap dancer has made it through to the semi-finals of a Sky1 Alastair Crosswell will perform this Sunday in Got to Dance with Tap Attack, which is just one of 28 acts left in the competition, out of 5,000 that auditioned.
The 18-year-old is now relying on public votes to gain a place in the final of the dance contest, which is hosted by Davina McCall.
Tap Attack’s 24 members will compete against six other dance acts on Sunday night’s live show, when judges Kimberly Wyatt, from the Pussycat Dolls, Ashley Banjo, from Diversity, and actor and dancer Adam Garcia will decide who they think deserves a place in the final.
But it will be the public votes alone that decide which two acts to go through.
Alastair, who attends Bird College of dance, music and theatre performance in Kent, was selected by Tap Attack Youth Company to be part of the first England team to compete in the Tap Dancing World Championships. He achieved two silver medals this year, placing him tenth in the world for his solo dance.
Tap Attack discovered they had a place in the semi-final when Adam Garcia paid them a visit to deliver the news.
Alastair said: “We auditioned and wanted to do well but didn’t believe that we were going to get that far, so it’s a brilliant achievement. We are the only tap group that has got through to the semi-final so we will be different to the other groups.
“We have got new movements and it’s quite upbeat, so hopefully it should be entertaining for the audience. I’m a little bit nervous but I’m also excited. I can’t wait to get out there.”
Alastair first became interested in dancing when he was just four-years-old after he watched his elder sister perform on stage.
He is now hoping people in the Basingstoke area will back him in Got to Dance, and added: “We need all the votes we can get, so if people know there’s a local boy in the competition, they might vote.”
Speaking from the family home in Charter Alley, Alistair’s mother Lianne said the whole family is supporting him. She added: “They will be huddled round the TV watching on Sunday. I’ve got a VIP ticket so I will be there. It’s amazing they have got so far.”
This article originally appeared in the Basingstoke Gazzette on the 11 February 2011
