Australian Ballet Company star Alice Topp returned home to Bendigo for an exclusive show, where she performed among the debris at the Ulumbarra Theatre construction site. 

Topp put on a pair of blundstones over her ballet slippers and took to the temporary stage - all part of a series to showcase the theatre development.

Organisers hope to capture a photographic story following the building of the new theatre in the former Sandhurst Gaol.

Topp, who has been dancing since she was four-years-old, said she had danced in New York, London and Tokyo - but never in the middle of a building site. 

"I never imagined that I'd be here dancing at the old gaol building," she said. 

"This project is just so special for the community.

"It's exciting to think I might return here with the Australian Ballet Company to perform on the grand stage."

Topp's performance follows a show by pianist David Helfgott last October.