Here parents and their sons will find news stories about boys and ballet. The stories are chosen by my sons and their friends (9-10 years old).
My sons have taken ballet lessons for three years. The best part of the lesson are the jumps and turns. The music is cool too.
Ballet may not be a sport but energy and athleticism is the same. My boys would rather dance than play on a baseball or football team. They take gymnastics classes for conditioning.
Recitals, performances and competitions are exciting and fun. Boys are competitive and natural performers.
The “Library” contains information on training, physiology, nutrition, schools, helpful hints on drawing more boys to your school, and interviews with dancers.
Fiction and non-fiction books can be found in the “Suggested Reading List” (see link at bottom of page”).
The reading list is a Microsoft Word Document.
11 Comments
great blog!
I love your site. Keep it up !
I’m thrilled to have discovered your blog! really! To get boys into ballet is hard, specially when the world looks at us as they do! I wish someone could have shown me a blog like this when I was just a kid! Hearing of others with the same dreams and interests can do wonders for youngsters out there wanting to do ballet.
I’ll definatly check back for more from you!
All the best!
Great stories! I just got drawn in to this blog and read them all!
Just wanted you to know, My son Can Dance has moved. Please change the link on your blog roll: http://mysoncandance.net/. And keep up the great work. I love your site and sometimes troll it looking for stories! :~)
Excellent blog! Very informative.
I really enjoy reading your site and came across it after meeting a Bolshoi-trained dancer who has created a series called “Boys in Ballet” which highlights the difficulties facing boy ballet dancers as well as their amazing achievements. I did a search on the topic and that’s how I discovered your site. I thought your audience will enjoy watching the series as well, so I wanted to share the link to that site:
http://www.dancechanneltv.com/programs/boys-in-ballet
Hope you enjoy it. And keep up the good (and important) work!
Best, Anna
Great blog! My son has been hooked on ballet since age 7. Four years of dancing so far, and he cannot imagine living without it. I love your stories about others like him in the world of dance. Thanks!
Please let me extend my sincere gratitude to you for creating such an important website! There never seems to be enough resources for boys in the world of ballet. It is critical to receive the best guidance, training and support during these very formative years. There is nothing more valuable than the sharing of knowledge from those with direct experience so thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!!!
I am a competitive male gymnast and I stumbled upon this to see where Ballet could help me with my gymnastics skills, needles to say that as I read the stories and watched some videos, I have also developed a liking to Ballet. These stories remind me of the very things I have to endure as gymnast what with the stereotypes towards gender and remind me why I’m the gymnast I am today but I have also worked on some basic ballet moves at home and I can honestly say that it is the most amazing feeling when you are flying in the air doing all those spins etc. Whoever created this page has created something special.
Cool blog!
~G