URMSTON dancers Charlotte Bean ans Louisa Gamon were jumping for joy after landing roles in English Youth Ballet's production of The Nutcracker.

Charlotte, eight, pictured left, will play two roles, as a child and a Chinese dancer in the production, which can be seen at Buxton Opera House from November 13-14.

She trains at Flixton Academy of Performing Arts and studies at Our Lady of the Rosary RC Primary School.

Louisa, 11, is a pupil at Loreto Grammar School and attends the Gwyneth Hare School of Dancing. She'll play a mouse and a reed pipe in the classic ballet.