How to Navigate Your Training as the Only Boy in Your Class

by Avichai Scher | Oct 16, 2023 | Pointe+, Training

When Matthew Fontana, 13, arrived at the School of American Ballet last summer, it was the first time he’d been in a class full of boys. During the school year, he trains at Rye Ballet Conservatory in New York State. The school has a growing program for young boys,...

"DANSEUR," The Documentary About Being a Boy in Ballet, Is Now Available for Streaming

by Chava Pearl Lansky | Mar 23, 2020 | News, Viral Videos

DANSEUR , the feature-length documentary released in 2018, explores the social stigmatization young men face in ballet. And after last summer’s “Good Morning America” scandal, and the #boysdancetoo movement that followed, the film’s message...

The Lonely Road of a Danseur: David Hallberg on Growing Up as a Male Dancer

by David Hallberg As Told To Candice Thompson | Nov 20, 2014 | Career, Profiles

This story originally appeared in the December 2014/January 2015 issue of Pointe. Dance was always my refuge. School was hell for me—it was like a page out of Lord of the Flies. Survival of the fittest was the guiding principle of my middle school. While...