A COLLEGE is dancing on air after being named the best in the country – just two years after opening its doors.

Evolution Foundation College, which is based on Severalls Business Park, Colchester, offers foundation courses to prepare dancers and performers for their full training.

It has been named the winner of the College of the Year category in the Dance Teacher Hub Awards.

The organisation offers advice and guidance to dance groups, schools and teachers across the country.

Evolution’s director Jacqui Tapsell, who set up the school in 2013, said: “I didn’t know anything about it until I found out we were in the top two.

“I was over the moon. That would have been good enough for me.

“Within two years we’ve started from nothing to this.”

The competition went to a public vote and the Colchester college took the first prize.

Before beginning a three-year performing arts course, most students complete a year-long foundation course.