LEISURE: Strictly Come Dancing judge to open new Westlands Yeovil complex

DANCE legend Darcey Bussell CBE will officially open the newly refurbished Westlands Yeovil entertainment venue on Tuesday, June 27, 2017.

Darcey Bussell’s dance career has spanned over 20 years since she joined the Royal Ballet’s National School in London at 16.

In 1989 she became the youngest ever British ballerina to be made a Principal dancer, and her final performance on stage, MacMillan’s ‘Song of the Earth’ in 2007, was broadcast to over 3.3 million viewers.

In 2011 Darcey was appointed as Vice President of the Royal Academy of Dance and today she is a member of the Board of Directors for Sydney Dance Company.

More recently, Darcey has brought her expertise and experience to the judging panel of BBC One’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ as well as hosting her own series of TV documentaries about Audrey Hepburn, Margot Fonteyn and others.

PHOTO - RIGHT: Dance legend Darcey Bussell.

An official opening ceremony for Westlands will take place on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 27, 2017, for invited guests who have been involved in South Somerset District Council’s project to reopen the venue.

In the evening an ‘Audience With’ event, open to the public, will take place in the Ballroom of the new venue.

Adam Burgan, arts and entertainment manager for the Octagon Theatre and Westlands, said: “We are delighted to welcome Darcey Bussell to officially open Westlands and for audiences to be able to find out more about her incredible career in an exclusive, one-off ‘Audience With’ event.

“As the UK’s most popular ‘Prima Ballerina’, and from her role on ‘Strictly’ to her work as an author and television presenter, we really are thrilled to have such an amazing artist for the official opening.”

South Somerset District Council’s leisure and culture spokesman, Cllr Sylvia Seal, said: “To have such an incredible artist like Darcey Bussell opening the newly refurbished Westlands Entertainment Venue is such a great coup and goes to show how the team managing the venue are pulling out all the stops to attract top names to Yeovil for the enjoyment of residents across South Somerset and beyond.”

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