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[quote=Anonymous]Wasn't Gene Kelly classically trained in ballet? Maybe some of the older relatives would appreciate him, if some more modern names don't mean anything. I was sad I missed the window with starting my son on ballet. He loves to dance, and is a strong very muscular and active child. I thought he would make a great male ballet dancer -- able to do lifts, etc., but was worried about finding a class that was active enough and not too princessy. I kept looking and then he got infected with the "ballet is for girls and the boys will make fun of me if I do it" disease. I do think one problem is the way that ballet is typically sold to little kids -- they really play up all the princess pink tutu crap, so no wonder the boys feel a little unwelcome. If you actually go to real ballet, it's not like that at all, and the male dancers look about as masculine as you can imagine.[/quote]
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