kathryn56 Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 Sadly, both children will have her for chorus next year. On the very positive side, I have to give big kudos to the advanced dancers at our studio. Last weekend we had an in-studio dress rehearsal, which was the first time he was in tights with no shorts. Some of the little girls and their mothers were making comments like "where are his pants? What is he doing here? Boys don't dance", etc. (The pants comment was perfectly reasonable from a 5 year old girl, not her mother) I did not even know the "big" girls were listening, but suddenly, he was surrounded by them, all telling him how awesome he looked, how he had tights just like a superhero, how every one would love watching him. Of course, once these girls made their approval plain, there were no more comments from the younger set or their moms. The advanced dancers had a million things to do, but still took the time to support him. Quote Link to post
HuckleberryDawg Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 The advanced dancers had a million things to do, but still took the time to support him. I think that's lovely! Hooray for those dancers! I agree that it's perfectly natural for a five year old girl who doesn't see many boy dancers to question where his pants were (I have a DS and I'm still kind of giggling at the question!) or why he was there; but, my goodness, you would hope the moms would have known better! That is kind of appalling. Those are the same moms who are going to be desperately seeking SIs that offer partnering when their daughters are older because there won't be enough boys at their home studio and chances are they aren't going to remember how they (probably not on purpose) made boys feel when they were young. I think it's great that your grandson had a good time and enjoyed his recital! Quote Link to post
Clara 76 Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 Be sure to remember moments like those....he will need them to think about in the future. Quote Link to post
Albini Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 That is wonderful!! I love how supportive the girls are at my sons school. It makes it worthwhile Quote Link to post
Minerva Posted August 4, 2011 Report Share Posted August 4, 2011 I just need to brag on the wonderful artistic director at the Ballet Guild of the Lehigh Valley. My 9 year old son just loves dancing and she is so supportive of him. There are several boys there and she really works with them. She took them to a local school districts arts day and had them do an exhibition. All the middle school kids were applauding these boys when the exhibition was done because the AD really highlighted the strength and agility it took to dance. It is such a blessing to have great leadership. Quote Link to post
Mel Johnson Posted August 4, 2011 Report Share Posted August 4, 2011 BGLV has a long history of having male students, and an appreciable number of them who went on to professional careers. Quote Link to post
Francesca Posted August 7, 2011 Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 I did not even know the "big" girls were listening, but suddenly, he was surrounded by them, all telling him how awesome he looked, how he had tights just like a superhero, how every one would love watching him. Of course, once these girls made their approval plain, there were no more comments from the younger set or their moms. The advanced dancers had a million things to do, but still took the time to support him. I think thats brilliant and quite typical in my experiance of older girls at my sons ballet school, he once got teased by a couple of little girls from his class, he is the only boy, same thing happened, the older girls aged 9-11 were all really supportive and put a stop to it there and then! Quote Link to post
Clara 76 Posted August 7, 2011 Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 I'm happy to hear that your boys are getting support from the older girls!!! At least they have figured out how valuable these young men are. Quote Link to post
sk8jdgca Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 My son is 9 and has been dancing and figure skating since 4. When someone asks him why he isn`t playing hockey, he just looks them in the eye and says why would i want to hang around with a bunch of smelling boys when I can be surrounded by pretty girls``. He also tells the kids that ballet will make hime strong and that football players do it to improve their game. I`m happy that so far -no issues but I`m sure that day will come. Quote Link to post
Clara 76 Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Welcome, then!!!! It never ceases to amaze me how narrow-minded some people truly are. I hope your son can avoid the teasing, but prepare him for it just in case. Tell him to never let anyone disrespect him, and to stand up for himself. Quote Link to post
Dawcett Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 My son was taunted and teased when he was younger. I told him that the bullies were just jealous and that his real friends would support him. I basically told him that if he was doing something he loved to do his friends would understand that that was part of who he was and would be cool with it. He has since passed this advice on to younger boy dancers, so it must have helped Quote Link to post
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