An Edinburgh born dancer who ran away to join the circus says she's "living the dream".
Amy Findlay has joined Circus Vegas, currently touring the UK. Since starting, she's said its now her "new way of life".
We spoke to her in the midst of a run of shows in Dundee, where she spent a lot of time with family as a child.
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Amy, 23, says she's dreamed of this since she was just three-years-old when she joined the Manor School of Ballet. She told Edinburgh Live : "I have a dancer friend who had done the circus before, and every time she would post on her Instagram it looked so exciting.
"She was living the dream. So I messaged her and asked her how she got into it, and she guided me."
Amy says that for her, she always wanted to get into the industry and has dreamed of a career in dance for a long time. She continued: "Absolutely I saw this for myself.
"It's been my dream my whole life to be a dancer professionally."
Amy and the other dancers perform throughout the shows, introducing others and performing at the beginning and end. While she loves the dancing, she added that the costumes are "the best part".
Circus Vegas is in Dundee until June 26, before heading up to Inverness and then down to Aberdeen before moving on to England. Travelling with almost 50 other performers, Amy says it's like "one big family".
She told us: "I'm absolutely loving it, I'm seriously living the dream.
"It's the best job in the world. The full team is nearly 50 of us, and we're touring until October.
"They're all brilliant, it is like one big family."
The Edinburg born dancer says that despite the big transition in lifestyle, she's pretty keen to stick with it. She added: "I think this is my new way of life.
"You never think you'll actually say, seriously, that you've run away and joined the circus. I love it.
"What makes it even more special is that we are performing in Dundee.
"I have family here and I spent every summer as a child playing on Riverside Park with my cousins, and now I get to live out my dream of being a Vegas show girl on this very spot."
Aside from dancing, Circus Vegas also includes the 'globe of death' - described as the most "death-defying trick ever completed". There's also clowns, hula hooping, juggling, skating - all promised with "unique twists".
You can find out more about the show, and get tickets, here.
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