by Lucy Spencer Mason | Aug 14, 2026 | Onstage, Summer Study, The Latest, Training
Patrick Frenette knows firsthand what it means to find your place in ballet. The American Ballet Theatre soloist has been open about bullying he faced growing up due to the social stigma attached to being a boy in ballet. In 2016, he, his mother Kimber Frenette, and...
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...