 the male dancer
written by mike at on 11.04. at 08:53:53 - as answer to: Does Ballet Training Make Boys Feminine? by Snow King at >I am a serious male dancer. I have studied dance for eleven years. I'm in class six days a week, often taking two or three classes a day. I danced Cavalier in NUT last Christmas.>I have a very unsupportive dad. I didn't begin training until after my parents divorced. My dad does not appreciate ballet at all. This is an old issue and not what I'm writing about today.>I had a conversation with my dad last weekend. He feels strongly that ballet training has made me feminine. He says when I was little, I imitated my female teachers and the girls in my class too much. He also says that my male dancer friends are feminine acting and that they have influenced me. He even thinks wearing tights and dance belt makes me move in a girlish way.>I know that most of what my dad says is ignorant. But he has made me think. Could I have some honest opinions about this. Is there anything to what my dad says about this?>Snow King > I think you raise an interesting issue.I was sent to ballet classes at the age of 9 by my mother.I was the only boy in the class and felt totally isolated from the girls and their conversations.I did become a bit effeminate and my mother encouraged this by insisting that my hair stay long and that at home I wore my older sister's cast off clothes.So I grew up regarding tights as a unisex item. Answers to this message:
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