signing up to our newsletter here<\/a><\/p>\n“I love it because how I feel, I can dance through it. Express myself,” she explained.<\/p>\n
Her mother Clare-Anna Mitchell, 43 chimes in: “Dakota always moves. Since she’s been a baby she hasn’t stopped moving.<\/p>\n
“With ADHD she needs stimulation all the time so we just thought dancing’s like a really good way of channelling that energy and she took to it, loved it, and she dances all the time now.”<\/p>\n
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Dakota wants to raise awareness about neurodivergence, and motivate others with the same conditions as her(Image: Clare-Anna Mitchell)<\/p>\n
Dakota added: “The stage is where I feel alive. I love the rush of performing and sharing that energy with people watching.”<\/p>\n
The audition that got her through to the live performance stage itself was an emotive piece based on the 9\/11 tragedy in the United States of America.<\/p>\n
“It’s based on the 9\/11 attack in America, and obviously that is a really emotional piece of dance to do,” Clare said.<\/p>\n
Dakota got the idea for the performance after seeing a documentary on TV, her mother explained as she added: “The emotion that she brings through that dance is incredible and she doesn’t just do the moves like some other children may do.<\/p>\n
“She acts through every single movement, she knows exactly what every single movement means and for someone so young, I think that is what is so special about Dakota.”<\/p>\n
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Dakota’s mother explained that a lot of work goes behind the scene to help the young performer overcome her health challenges(Image: Clare-Anna Mitchell)<\/p>\n
For now, Dakota’s focus is just on her performance in front of the judges, on September 6.<\/p>\n
She continues to prepare with her teachers at RAIE Copp Academy, who Clare says have been instrumental in Dakota’s progress.<\/p>\n
“I\u2019ve been working really hard to get ready for my audition,” Dakota said.<\/p>\n
“I\u2019ve been learning new routines with my dance teacher, Mel at RAIE Copp Academy and we\u2019ve been spending loads of time in the studio. I also practise every day in the garden \u2014 honestly, I dance everywhere I go!\u201d<\/p>\n
Dakota is especially looking forward to meeting presenters Ant and Dec, and judge Simon, when she’s finally in London.<\/p>\n
“When I finally meet the judges, I just want to say thank you for this amazing opportunity,” she said.<\/p>\n
“It means the world to me to be here and to perform on a stage like this. I\u2019ve worked so hard for this moment, and I hope you enjoy what I\u2019ve prepared!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dakota Mitchell, 11 from Swansea is set to perform live for Britain’s Got Talent as she cleared the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3937],"tags":[709,77,1148,382,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-372821","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-britains-got-talent","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-swansea","11":"tag-tv","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115090529300423276","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Since she’s found out about her live audition for Britain’s Got Talent, Dakota has turned to practicing anywhere she can to prepare for it(Image: Clare-Anna Mitchell)<\/p>\n![\"Dakota,](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1756141993_498_0_Shaurya-Shaurya.jpg\")
Dakota is no stranger to dancing, and has been dancing ever since she was very young(Image: Clare-Anna Mitchell)<\/p>\n