YOUNGSTERS with ambitions of becoming professional dancers are being invited to audition.

Would-be Billy Elliots aged 11 to 19 are being sought by Newcastle Dance City Academy for its Durham Foundation Strand, which provides training in contemporary and classical ballet.

TIN Arts, a dance development company, will run the classes.

Auditions will be held on Saturday, October 20, in Shakespeare Hall, North Road, Durham, from 10am to 11.30am, and from 11.30am to 1pm.