Diversity dancer 'dropped' outside No.10

Diversity dancer 'dropped' outside No.10
Diversity dancer 'dropped' outside No.10 (Image credit: PA Wire/Press Association Images)

Young Diversity dancer Perri Luc Kiely was left in tears after he was dropped by his colleagues during a performance for Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The frizzy-haired 13-year-old tearfully limped off after taking a tumble during their high-energy routine, but a spokesman for the Britain's Got Talent winners later said the 13-year-old was "absolutely fine, just a bit shocked" and Mr Brown hailed him as "a wonderful guy". The 11-strong troupe from Essex and east London are believed to be the first group to dance in front of the famous Number 10 door after they put on a show which spoofed scenes from Parliament. Also attending a Number 10 reception to mark the second anniversary of the Prime Minister's Talent and Enterprise Taskforce was rapper Speech Debelle, who this month scooped the Mercury Prize for album of the year. Mr Brown said their achievements were "a small snapshot of how much skill, talent and potential young people have to offer our country". The Talent and Enterprise Taskforce works with organisations in fields ranging from the arts and sport to business and education to promote the talent of young people. Diversity's choreographer Ashley Banjo said: "Our lives completely changed because people backed us and believed in us. "There is so much talent in young people out there, waiting to be discovered and developed so they too can achieve their dreams."

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.