Mother loses 55kg to dance nationals with daughter
Ally White shed more than 55kg to return to dancing and compete in tap duos with daughter Chloe at national finals in January.
Reported by The Examiner
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Key facts
- More than 55 kilograms
- Weight lost
- October tap duo section
- Qualification event
- Follow Your Dreams in Adelaide, January
- National competition
- 60 to 150 students since 2022
- Academy enrollment growth
- The mother and daughter qualified by winning their tap duo section in October.
- Ally danced as a child, then watched Chloe grow up dancing.
- Ally returned to the stage after losing more than 55 kilograms.
- They'll compete together at the Follow Your Dreams nationals in Adelaide.
- Chloe competes in three solos, multiple group performances and may balance two hockey nationals as a player and umpire.
