A 15-YEAR-old Ilkley girl has been awarded a place for full-time professional ballet training at the prestigious Elmhurst Ballet School.

Camille Ribeiro attends Ilkley Grammar School and currently does her dance training currently Joze School of Dance in Ilkley, where she has attended classes for the last nine years.

Sue Walters, of Joze School of Dance said: "She has just performed in her last annual show at the Kings Hall, in all disciplines at which she excels. She performed an emotive duet with the principal of the dance school, Jo Sproston who is unbelievably proud of Camille. The whole dance school will miss her."