As with all classical music, you’re probably familiar with a lot more pieces composed for ballet than you realise ... Elliott tells the story of a young boy from a mining community in the ...

When it comes to classical ballet, whether it’s the epic fights in The Nutcracker or the romantic white pas de deux of Swan Lake, boys are crucial. Yet, at a time when we claim to have moved ...

Classical ballet contains extremely strict gender roles ... In schools, though everyone takes barre and center together, the boys will then leave for a separate “men’s class” while the ...

The first steps in his ballet career were taken in his local dance school where he was the only boy in attendance. "There's the stereotype – boys don't do ballet," Christopher explains.

Featuring samplings of classical ballet and modern dance ... Plus, youngsters from the Boys and Girls Clubs of Oklahoma ...