Boys Ballet - Russia

April 2008
Imagine the Swan Lake ballet without a female swan in sight. Valery Mikhailovsjy's St. Petersburg's Ballet unveils an all-male cast who gracefully depict female roles.

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[Razoumovski]

Sexual orientation has nothing to do with dancing. A great dancer is mainly a guy who spent hours and hours in practice. And being gay does not help him to dance better.

[Dutlass]

Who needs hetero's?

[ShinyAndTouchable]

The ballet school that doesn't teach pointe to males doesn't understand that the ballet was opened for male dancers that could not get roles in another ballet troupe. There's minimal roles for men in traditional ballet. Maybe if they weren't teaching so many male dancers they wouldn't have some turning to female roles en pointe. Just a thought.

[Creatief2]

not realy my thing

[MrOjhill2011]

@Razoumovski you are 100% correct. And it's a shame that many people are too much into the etched in stone old fashion definitions of what it is to be manly and womanly.

[0livia0live]

To say that men can dance better than women because they have more "physical force" is stupid. Both genders can dance equally well if they work hard enough and attempt to dance roles that are meant for the opposite of their own gender.

That being said, I have no problem with men en pointe, it's a good excercise for a dancer- it builds strength and balance... though the dancers in this video seemed very wobbly- much more wobbly than most ballerinas I've seen.

[marinatwelve]

Nitwits! Sexual orentation has nothing to do with how well you play football or if you dance or not. Its what sex you are vs what sex you are attracted to.--Nothing else. BTW being a ballet dancer should be a hetro guy;s dream--Access to all those lovely young ladies and getting to touch them in "fun" parts durring lifts , etc. Its only logical that one should find more gays on a football team than in a ballet troop.

[moquba]

@Razoumovski i disagree with you don't have to be manly to be be a good dancer

[halfadollarsuck]

@Dutlass Everbody cause gays can't make babys... ^^

[pinkishgluestick]

If you people payed attention to the video you'd know that sexual orientation has nothing to do with it. In Russia, ballet is a man's sport. When I saw the Moscow ballet there were MORE men than women in the production. The reason they started this company was because there just aren't enough ballerinas to go around and they want to dance even if they don't get one. It's supposed to be funny! And a boy in a tutu is funny! More power to them!

[Tjsothern]

I never hear marathon runners called anorexic, ballet dancers train just as hard and for just as many long hours and burn just as many or more calories.  I have been in ballet for 30 years and have never met an anorexic dancer, although do know they exist.

[8palli]

Faggots