The truth about Italia Conti: Luca Farkas talks highs, lows and future steps as a dancer

I attended Carlo Rossi School of Dance from the age of two along with some very talented dancers and performers. One of these was Hungary-born Luca Farkas, who began as a ballroom dancer at a young age, before her move to England where she attended Stage Right Studios and later transferred to Carlo Rossi. This determined dancer began studies at Italia Conti Performing Arts College September 2019.

Luca Farkas in an early photoshoot. Go to the Gallery to see more of the images from this project and many others.

Luca described an audition process to me, consisting of dance, singing and acting.

‘I personally had two weeks to choreograph a jazz dance, 1.3 minutes long, two contrasting musical theatre songs and two monologues: one Shakespeare and one modern.’

The audition day also saw candidates taking part in an hour-long ballet class and an hour-long jazz class to then perform their pre-prepared solos and monologues and sing their songs. Then came a short interview where the dancers had a chance to talk about their previous performing experience and what they want to get out of training. Luca, herself got offered a place after two weeks.

‘So far its been absolutely amazing but incredibly challenging’ says Farkas. ‘To improve our fitness levels we do a lot of work outs everyday which I find difficult.’

Italia Conti is fortunate to have ‘amazing’ staff with ‘amazing experience’ in performing on the West End amongst other places. ‘I absolutely love going to college because all the students and teachers are so welcoming and we have grown to be a big family.’

Luca describes a Dream Girls workshop, taught by a guest lecturer from the West End cast, as her favourite experience so far. She credits Italia Conti with building her confidence when performing and, much like Georgie Parfitt, she has learned the professional way to act in the industry. Luca describes with pride how she has noticed her stamina, fitness levels and diet improving.

I also admired how Luca looked to the future with certainty, as she expresses how she would love to continue training and auditioning as well as an interest in teaching to inspire young people to dance some day.