Te Akau ki Papamoa Primary School pupils don't let doubters stop them from busting out their dance moves.

The 36 pupils, aged between nine and 10 years old, are set to take part in Fresh Moves a non-competitive dance festival which celebrates creative dance for primary and intermediate schools in Bay of Plenty. The theme for this year's performances is ‘Beyond the Horizon'.

Chloe Hoult, Maddison Langdon, Isla McFarlane (left-right front) are ready for their performance at Fresh Moves.Photo: Bruce Barnard

Te Akau ki Papamoa Primary School teacher Amie-Lee Mills says the children have come up with the ideas for their dance themselves.

'The performance will start with street dancers who want to make a life out of dancing, but the businessmen and the higher classes of society – the ‘doubters' – look at them to say they will never make it as dancers.

'The ‘inspirers' come out to say: ‘You can do whatever you want to do and if dancing is your thing then reach beyond the horizon'. That's the message to our story.”

The children only started rehearsing three weeks ago but are excited to take part in this year's Fresh Moves event. Amie-Lee confirms they are 'enthusiastic” about performing.

The festival spans two nights. Each will see eight schools perform their own interpretation of the theme. Te Akau ki Papamoa Primary School performs on Wednesday.

They'll be dancing to a mash-up of music, from Uptown Funk to Kanye West, Snoop Dogg and Skrillex. The dance crew will be kitted out with dazzling costumes too.

'There's hip hop get up, shirts, ties and white gloves and frilly tutus, big bows and bright tops,” says Amie-Lee.

Fresh Moves is at Baycourt Community and Arts Centre on Tuesday, May 31 and Wednesday, June 1 from 7pm. Tickets available at Eventfinda.