Having left their former dance teaching jobs to set up their own venture, Odette shared this was “absolutely the dream” for them as sisters.

“It was a passion,” said Odette. “We’re living the dream and doing what we set out to do. We always train and produce very technical dancers who have a lot of opportunities open to them.

“With the evolution of the dance school and our oldest senior students having moved on, we’re pleased to say they’re very well trained with lots of opportunities and are doing really well.”

This is not the first time Oncore will have represented England at the Dance World Cup, having taken different groups of students in 2019, 2022 and 2023.

The “new generation” of students jetting off this year, aged five to 14, have never represented the country on behalf of Oncore before.

There are two separate groups that have qualified – one with a musical theatre performance from Whistle Down the Wind, and a modern group performing a jazz-modern number called ‘let’s go crazy’.

Though they have performed these numbers at local and national festivals with great success, Odette says the “gruelling task” of learning a different version for the Dance World Cup lies ahead.

“It’s going to be really hard work for them but they’re super excited,” she added, also mentioning how proud the dance school is to have a ballet soloist and ballet trio competing too.

When asked how the children reacted when they found out they were going to Prague, Odette said: “They were extremely excited.”

After letting the parents know first, the studio founders called them into one of their children’s sessions to see the news broken to them – which left several students in tears of happiness.

“It was wonderful to see,” said Odette. “Their passion and dedication all leads to this. They just want their England kit and they want to work hard.