Dancing delight Carter gets place at top ballet school

BOY WHITTLED DOWN FROM THOUSANDS TO SECURE COVETED SPOT

- NAOMI DESOUZA

A DUDLEY family are delighted at their son securing a place at London's prestigious Royal Ballet School.

Type 1 diabetic Carter J Mundon only started learning ballet two years ago, but his talents were quickly spotted by local dance teachers who encouraged him to audition for a boarding space in the Royal Ballet School in London.

Despite battling a life-changing condition, Carter J underwent a gruelling training schedule to reach the final stages of auditions in London last month.

Now, the family, from Netherton, received word that Carter J would be leaving for the Royal Ballet's White Lodge residential school.

"The first day in the morning I was quite nervous, the second day I was a bit more calm, I knew what was going to happen and I knew some of the teachers" said Carter J of his two-day audition which ran from February 27 to 28.