TAKING performing arts by storm, six-year-old Iris Johansson is making a name for herself as a “triple threat” in singing, acting and dancing.
Her mum Christey Johansson describes Iris as a “normal kid just loving music” after she first stole the show as a three-year-old.
“I went to a concert with my friend, and I heard her singing and then we sang the song together,” Iris said.
She has never stopped singing since and aspires to be a star.
“I just love singing. I want to be a famous singer like Michael Jackson – he started young,” she said.
To help develop her mezzo-soprano voice, Iris joined the school choir at Silkwood School and recently the Australian Girls Choir Piccolos.
She was then selected along with 29 other members of the AGC group to join their extended program Cantini.
Her abilities don’t stop at singing as Iris has made her debut in acting on the American TV show ‘Go Iguanas’ where she plays a spy.
Her favourite part of the experience was having her toy Red Bird featured on the show.
Alongside singing and acting, Iris has been dancing since she was three, starting ballet at Tamborine Mountain Dance Academy.
She soon picked up tap and jazz and then added acrobatics to her dance schedule because “it’s fun doing cartwheels”.
“Iris, like most little people, lives for movement and dance, and we see a lot of home performances every week,” Christey said.
“It’s truly beautiful to watch your own daughter so happy, so present, and so curious to learn and enjoy expression through performance arts.”
Iris plans to audition for more musicals and to even start busking around town.
She has even selected Michael Jackson’s big hit ‘Beat It’ as the song she will perform to.
