Kherington Payne keeps it cute in a black jumper as she arrives at the premiere of Whip It held at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood on Tuesday night (September 29).

The 19-year-old dancer recently caught up with San Francisco Chronicle about her debut role as Alice in Fame.

Kherington shared, “The fact that we both are obsessive about dance, our life is all about dance, and we’re so focused on what we want in life and what our dreams are – we’re the same in that way, but our personalities are very different. Alice is the kind of girl everyone envies; she’s got that popular-girl vibe to her, and that’s definitely not me. I don’t think I would have done well in the performing arts school. Maybe it would have been nice to try it, but I really liked going to a public school. I liked having my school life and my dance life separate from each other.”