What's The Biggest Obstacle To Boys Studying Ballet? Often, It's Dads

Scott Gormley, filmmaker and dance dad: "I've spent the last two years creating a documentary about the struggles that young men face when they choose to dance ballet ― when they choose to thumb their nose at what boys 'should do.' ... What I found the most upsetting were the attacks that came directly from family members: fathers, stepfathers, uncles, brothers, many of whom feared that ballet would 'turn' boys gay."

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