A ballerina who will soon be appearing on stage at the Bristol Hippodrome has been passing on the secrets of her art to school pupils.

Newport-based ballet dancer Nadinea Tilley, who will be appearing in Swan Lake at the Hippodrome next week, commutes daily to Bristol to teach jazz and ballet to pupils at Bristol Brunel Academy.

The 18-year-old rising star of the dance world, who has appeared with Wayne Sleep in the National Youth Ballet, is in training to become a dance teacher and has decide to impart her dancing knowledge to lucky BTEC and GCSE dance students.

She said: "I really enjoy teaching the children. It's great to see the students learn something they could not do the week before.

"They do enjoy learning to dance, but ballet and jazz are very different and I think they find jazz a little easier to learn. Teaching in Bristol is good and I definitely want to become a dance teacher later in my career."

Nadine, who also runs her own dance classes, went to dance school in Bristol and is currently training as a dance teacher in London.

She was also recently hand-picked to perform with stars from the Russian ballet and has begun performing in earnest.

She said: "I am performing on Monday and I'm quite nervous, but I'm looking forward to it."