At just 13 he has already hit the height of his profession. While other children spend their half-term relaxing during a break from school, Lewis Smith will be on stage with a national ballet company. The Lynn Grove High School, Gorleston, student will be appearing as the young Heathcliff in Northern Ballet Theatre's production of Wuthering Heights at the Theatre Royal in Norwich -just two years after taking up ballet dancing. Lewis began training at The Dancers School in Gorleston four years ago, and has progressed through different styles of dance to take up ballet. "I saw some dancing on television and thought 1 would like to try it," said Lewis. "I started doing tap, then modern and jazz and now ballet. I was auditioning for the Norfolk Dance Scholars at the Hewett School in Norwich when Cynthia Harvey asked me to be in Wuthering Heights. "I didn't have to audition, asked me to do the role." Lewis has been practising for the part with his dance teacher, Jayne King, but until he meets up with the full cast this afternoon, Lewis has only been able to imagine the other dancers. "We have a video of the performance, but Lewis has had to imagine where everybody else is. It's very difficult to do, and there's one part where he has to jump on to a table, and we won't know if it's right until we get there," said Miss King.
