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Bellatrix Dance Company in bid to be World Champions

A dance school which teaches people aged five and up to dance to hip hop is hoping for world domination.

The Queen B's will be competing at the USASF Dance World Championships in Orlando, Florida in April 2024.

The team is coached by sisters Bella and Jess Febry who founded Bellatrix Dance School in Weston-super-Mare in 2017.

Video Journalist: Elliot Darby

19 October 2023

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