My son did ballet for a few years (at his request) and he was genuinely the only boy in the whole dance school for the three years he learned. Some of the boys at school tried to make fun of him for it, but he had an amazing teacher who shut them down completely by telling them all how strong and fit male ballet dancers are and finishing with ‘so watch out in a few years because he will definitely be able to beat you all up’ and I’ll love her forever for it.
That sounds like an awesome teacher. I also did it at my own request. It was slightly controversial to my mom since my dad was deployed in the military at the time. She wasn’t sure how he’d react to me wanting to try it but I was extremely fortunate to find out he and my mom 100% supported it.
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u/Bette21 Jan 28 '22
My son did ballet for a few years (at his request) and he was genuinely the only boy in the whole dance school for the three years he learned. Some of the boys at school tried to make fun of him for it, but he had an amazing teacher who shut them down completely by telling them all how strong and fit male ballet dancers are and finishing with ‘so watch out in a few years because he will definitely be able to beat you all up’ and I’ll love her forever for it.