north east regional extra | July 24 - 30, 2024
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July 24- 30, 2024
Elly just loves the circus By JORDAN DUURSMA
VOCALIST, dancer and ring-mistress, Elly Rowbotham, a women with many talents and many different hats, has been charming the Wangaratta crowds since the The Great Moscow Circus came to town. The 20-year-old has been performing on stage as a dancer since she was three years old and ran away to join the circus at the beginning of the year to fulfil her lifelong dream of performing full time. Elly said she’s grown up training in musical theatre, dance, acting and singing. “I started dancing typical ballet and jazz at three years old in Brisbane, then I trained in every genre of dancing you can think of and following that I started singing lessons at six years old,” she said. Elly said she found out about the job opening with The Great Moscow Circus through a Facebook advertisement. “I saw the ad so I sent through my show reel and CV and went through the stages of the audition process and now I’m here performing,” she said. “I love the adrenaline of performing and the feeling I get on stage, I love seeing the joy on the faces of the audience I think that’s what’s brings the spark to it for me. “We have some exhilarating acts that will keep people on the edge of their seats.” Hailing from Brisbane, Elly has spent the first six months of the year travelling and performing fulltime, a change she welcomed.
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◆ MULTI-TASKING TALENT: Elly Rowbotham juggles being a vocalist, dancer and ring-mistress on stage for The Great Moscow Circus. PHOTO: Kurt Hickling
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