by Katie Slattery | Nov 22, 2023 | Everything "Nutcracker", Pointe+, Training
As a 16-year-old student, Patrick Frenette was excited to dance his first pas de deux onstage in The Nutcracker. He had been preparing for the role of Sugarplum’s Cavalier for nearly a year. “I remember spending six days a week training in my garage, doing as many...
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...
by Patrick Frenette | Jan 12, 2020 | Career, Instagram, Profiles, Training
When I was 14 years old, I placed in Youth America Grand Prix’s final round and was offered a scholarship to the Royal Ballet School’s summer intensive. As overjoyed as I was, I couldn’t help but realize just how hard I’d had to fight to get to...
by Amy Brandt | May 10, 2018 | News, Training
Updated on 08/28/19 “I never wanted to stop dancing, I just wanted the bullying to stop,” says American Ballet Theatre corps member Patrick Frenette in the trailer for Danseur, a new feature-length documentary about the social stigmatization young men face...