So that evening, after dinner, Nina went through first the exercises they did each week and then the part of the dance they had learnt so far. She used her bookcase as a barre and the mirror over her dressing table to see if she looked the same as Miss Hunt when she danced.

Her room wasn't big enough to do some of the moves they did in class, but she could always use the playground at school the next day.

Nina practised it as much as she could that week, both at home and in the playground, trying to remember how to do each step correctly and what movement came next.

Nina was so pleased at her class the following week when her teacher noticed that she had been practising.

"Nina," Miss Hunt said, "You've been practising, haven't you?"

"Yes," Nina replied, with a big, proud smile on her face.

"Well it certainly shows, so keep up the good work."