'Without knowing it at the time Morley community centre changed my life'
A Morley dancer who grew up in pubs and went on to tour the world in Swan Lake is returning home to perform in Leeds.
Growing up, Gavin's family ran many pubs, but settled at the Woodman Inn. Their lives were very busy and the pub took up most of his parent's time. As a child Gavin was always active and creative - he could never still still of long enough - but it was around the age of 10 when he discovered his true passion, which allowed him to get all his creative energy out.
The dancer, who now lives in Newcastle, had no formal training up until 18-years-old but managed bag himself an audition at one of the country’s top dance academies, the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Chapeltown. Gavin turned up to his audition totally ill-prepared, wearing sweatpants and jazz boots and performed a routine of flips and cartwheels to a drum and bass version of the Bjork song 'Cover Me.
“Because of my inexperience, I had to start in all the bottom sets to learn the techniques that no one had ever shown me before and I had to work really hard.” At 21 Gavin finished dance school and fast forward to now, after a successful dance career, Gavin has gone full circle. He now helps children who are in the same position as him those 30 years ago and offers workshops and free youth dance classes to children who may not have the opportunity to "get their creative talents" out any other way.
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