by admin | Jun 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
POSTED 9:52 AM, JUNE 27, 2018, BY MAGGIE FLECKNOE, UPDATED AT 10:46AM, JUNE 27, 2018 HOUSTON — Tights and taunting! Being a boy in the ballet is not easy. Danseur, a new documentary, unveils the brutal bullying of boy dancers. Making his documentary debut,...
by admin | Jun 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
ORIGINALLY FROM THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE By Molly Glentzer June 22, 2018 Updated: June 22, 2018 2:23pm Sexism is built into the fabric of classical ballet, an art form that has always idolized women in toe shoes and tutus while relegating men to the role of partners, at...
by admin | Jun 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON THE ADVOCATE.COM Boys who do ballet are gay. That’s the stereotype that filmmaker Scott Gormley goes toe-to-toe with in his new documentary, Danseur. The film follows several male dancers, some gay, some straight, and sensitively unfolds...
by admin | Jun 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
Documentary about Boys Braving Bullies in Pursuit of their Ballet Dreams will Screen in Sydney, Mexico, and New Zealand this year NEW YORK — NuArts Productions presents DANSEUR, sharing the struggles of young men in pursuit of their ballet dreams, with...
by admin | May 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
FROM HUFFINGTON POST By Scott Gormley My son Jack has always loved to dance. When he was 8 years old, he would entertain the family by making up his own dance routines to popular music. So when he asked, at age 11, if he could take formal dance classes, it seemed like...
by admin | May 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
FROM POINTE MAGAZINE By Amy Brandt “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...
