Ballet Boys is quite the antithesis of everything we’ve come to expect from a ballet documentary. No one is collapsing under the pressure of competition, mired in self doubt or tormented by the last vestiges of body fat. There is very little real dancing shown and two out of three of its stars are far from convinced they want to be dancers at all. What Kenneth Elvebakk’s affectionate snapshot offers instead is the clumsy tangle of kinetic energy, mockery and generosity unique to teenage friendship, as three boys dedicate their precious after school hours to their love of dance and the tentative promise of a future career.
In poignant contrast with the experience of ballet girls, Syvert, Torgeir and Lucas carry with them the knowledge that boys are special in this rarefied world. They choose it, with little doubt that it will choose them too. They train with...
In poignant contrast with the experience of ballet girls, Syvert, Torgeir and Lucas carry with them the knowledge that boys are special in this rarefied world. They choose it, with little doubt that it will choose them too. They train with...
- 9/9/2014
- by Emily Breen
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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