WANNABE entertainer Natalie Hallet is dancing on air after taking a step towards her ambition to have a stage career.

The 13-year-old Kings Manor, Middlesbrough, school pupil has just won a competition establishing her as Northern Junior Tap-dancing champion.

Proud mother, Ann, said: "She wants to go into the theatre; she likes singing, dancing and acting. She has been in pantomimes with various celebrities and wants to do the performing arts. We'll have to wait and see what happens.''