“Boys Dance!” Children’s Book Supports Young Boy Ballet Dancers
Bella Breakdown The unique children’s book “Boys Dance!” celebrates young male dancers to follow their passion for dancing and spotlights male role models in the ballet community. The “Boys Dance!” author John Robert Allman wanted to work on the children’s picture book to celebrate classical male dancers that have yet to be represented in children’s literature. Allman consulted eight male performers of the American Ballet Theatre and the book features photos with testimonies for the dancers in the epilogue. Allman explained that the media portrayal of male dancers made it seem OK to explore this art form when he...
