Ten-year-old Samantha Eve of Coquitlam made the Top 10 of the mini finals at this month's Dance Awards National Championships in Las Vegas, Nev.
A student at Our Lady of Fatima school in Coquitlam, Eve trains in the professional division half-day program at danceLAB Studios and regularly competes internationally.
Jennifer Hill and Kirsten Sjoman, artistic directors of danceLAB, said the Dance Awards is the most prestigious contest and convention in North America and includes Emmy award-winning choreographers on its faculty.
"Samantha is the first female dancer from British Columbia to ever make the Top 10, in any age category, at the Dance Awards," they wrote in an email to The Tri-City News last week.
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