 He has also won the Mini (Under 10) and Junior (Under 11) Outstanding Dancer Award from the "New York City Dance Alliance".In 2007 after successfully auditioning in the US for the title role of "Billy" in "Billy Elliot the Musical" he was sent to the UK to begin training for the London West End production and first performed on May 16, 2007 in the "Victoria Palace Theatre".He continued to perform in London until November 2007 when he was temporally transferred to the Sydney production to replace an injured "Nick Twiney".