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[i]mysterious, & rather forbidding world to most men. They find it hard to believe that any "normal" man would actually want to do such a thing & would actually enjoy it. That's largely because what goes on in a ballet class is not widely known. That & the fact that so many girls are keen on it, & so few men. And it doesn't help that it's so hard to explain what's so enjoyable about it.> I was afraid of what my friends and family would think. I let > what others think, deny me what I've always wanted to do.That's a large part of the problem. And what others think *can* matter, especially when you're young. The dancer, Edward Villella, says that when he started ballet as a 9-year-old boy, he used to get in fights about it & would end up getting (& giving) black eyes over it.Of course, the good news is that if you're at all talented, & if you start young enough, it's easy to have a career in ballet. The competition among women is formidable, but men are still a scarce commodity in ballet. Somebody once claimed that ABT used to take any man who could walk without crutches--clearly untrue, & unfair to ABT, but you get the picture.> It is one of THE most intense, complete workouts I've ever been > through!!!It's hard to see why this should be so, but it is. And it's also the most enjoyable. It isn't just all those pretty young girls in their skin-tight clothes, although that certainly helps. It's just that it feels good to move the way you do in ballet. I don't believe that there's any other kind of dance anywhere in the world that feels as good to do as ballet does. You work your butt off, & the strange thing is that the harder you work, the more fun you have.All this still doesn't convey what it's like...but maybe it scratches the surface.Tom Parsons <ul><li><a href="http://www.panix.com/~twp" target=_top>Tom's Page</a></ul> [/i]

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