Hugo: When I dance, I feel a lot of freedom, and I love to jump and I get extreme height and I feel like I'm flying. Just expressing yourself in those tiny seconds, little timeframes is what makes me really happy.  My name is Hugo. I was born in Hong Kong. I go to high school and study ballet in Brisbane, Queensland.

Li Cunxin: One and two and three. Show me this position, please.
Dhuha Gatei: We are very lucky here at Kelvin Grove State College to be not just a high school, but also the home of an incredible world class training campus, the Queensland Ballet Academy. It was a passion project in partnership with the director of the Queensland Ballet Company, Li Cunxin, known around the world as Mao's Last Dancer.
Li Cunxin: The Queensland Ballet Academy at Kelvin Grove State College is so unique and is so special that the model allows the students to have the best possible academic education as well as the dance education and their training all under one roof.
We have six incredible studios where the dancers, the students, the teachers can be so inspired when they walk in. And also, we've got our fitness studio where there is Pilates or weight lifting and they can gain upper body strength and the classrooms where they can get dance history. I love seeing them practice with passion, with dedication, with that great work ethic.
The vision for the Academy was always to train the best possible talent in dance, and not just for Queensland Ballet, but for the world. Go as high as you can go up.
Hugo: Mr Li inspires me a lot because he also jumps really high and I really want to be like him in the future. I've seen videos of him dancing and he's an amazing dancer. Hopefully one day I could be good enough and travel and dance around the world. That is my dream.
Dhuha Gatei: The students here have a very long day, so the first half of the day is where they're in their ballet classes.
Hugo: And then after lunch we change into our uniform and go to school and study. My friends at the academy is also my classmates, and they're basically my second family. I spend so much time with them. My teachers at school I would really consider it because they know we have a lot of training in the morning. It's definitely not easy to juggle so many things at the same time, but do you think about the future and what you want to be.
Dhuha Gatei: The admiration I have for these students is my kind. Words cannot describe. So my role here is to support and monitor the international students, and we also do Check-Ins once a month, just to ensure that he's doing well, not only academically, but also in his ballet studies as well.
Hugo: I do ballet six days a week and academic five days a week. It's really tough. But on the seventh day, we get to relax and have fun with my friends.
Dhuha Gatei: Brisbane is a fantastic choice for students like Hugo. It's a safe place. It's a relaxing place. The weather is fantastic here. We're so lucky. We got world class universities here and we've got one right on our doorstep. We have world class attractions here.
Hugo: Me and my friends have been to Queensland Art Gallery and they have this amazing chandelier at this place that's just breathtaking. Brisbane to me is the city filled with arts and culture, but at the same time it could be wild and filled with nature as well. You can basically do anything you want here, you can do outdoor activities, but on the next second you could be all dressed up and go to this nice ballet show. The activities here is really diverse and I think people coming here can experience a lot of things they never experienced before. I was really surprised to see a beach in the middle of the city.
Dhuha Gatei: Brisbane is always growing and evolving. For example, we have a new project Queen School, which is going to be in the heart of inner city Brisbane. It's an exciting new tourist and entertainment oasis for visitors and locals right on the river.
Hugo: In Hong Kong everyone's just all rushed, but Brisbane is just everyone's so relaxed and chill. If you're considering coming to Brisbane to study, that is definitely a really good idea because it's just a really beautiful city. I hope that I could stay in Brisbane to continue training my ballet skills and become a ballet dancer even after high school and keep pursuing that dream.