Elliott Hanna

On July 17 2013 10yearold Elliott Hanna became the 34th and youngest boy ever to play Billy Elliot on the London stage He also became the 71st worldwide in the role Elliott is from the home of the Beatles Liverpool where he has been dancing since the age of four beginning with break dancing and gradually expanding his dance repertoire at Nazene Danielles Dance Dynamix Before his involvement with BETM Elliott attended St Cecilias Junior School in the Liverpool community of Tuebrook Elliott Hanna started dancing at the age of four at the Nazene Danielles Dance Dynamix in Liverpool He started with break dancing and soon became interested in other styles of dance including ballet tap and modern theatre Elliott has performed locally in The Wizard of Oz and Dick Whittington and sang in the touring Abba the Show for two years running at Liverpools Echo Arena At eight years old he became the youngest winner of the Janet Cram Modern Theatre Award After coming third on Sky 1s Got to Dance he and his dance partner Tayluer Amos went on to perform at the Savoy Theatre as part of the Queens Jubilee celebration