The 17-year-old Wiggle talks about her incredible rise to become the new face of the supergroup, and the search for her roots.
One day in 2020, The Wiggles’ choreographer Caterina Mete was scrolling through Instagram when she came across a 13-year-old whose natural exuberance and talent for dance were so obvious that Mete immediately invited her to The Wiggles’ Hot Potato Studios to appear alongside the iconic group as a Wiggly Dancer.
For that 13-year-old, Tsehay Hawkins, the invitation was as surprising as it was surreal. Only a decade before, she had been a Wiggles fan, singing and dancing along to classics like Big Red Car and Dorothy The Dinosaur.
“I remember the first day coming into the studio and seeing all of the Wiggles memorabilia and their history on the walls: ‘Oh my gosh, this is so cool, like a childhood dream’.”
Hawkins had started dancing to Wiggles songs as soon as she could walk, but also started taking lessons at age 2 and her skills quickly took her beyond the Dippy Doo Dinosaur Dance. She trained in ballet, jazz, tap, West African and Latin dance and has since gone on to win multiple Australian and world dance titles.
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