I thought after the delightful 2000 film Billy Elliot and the long-running musical of the same name, the world had collectively decided that little boys should be allowed to dance if they want to. However, it seems that we are still fighting the outdated gender stereotypes that mandate only little girls be encouraged to move their bodies rhythmically to music as if we are in some bizarre timeline in which we didn’t cry at Billy’s beautiful performance of Swan Lake.
On August, Good Morning America viewers were treated to a recitation of Prince George’s second-grade class schedule, which included ballet among a list of various other things an incredibly wealthy child might study at an elite school. Host Lara Spencer passed right over the fact that six-year-olds are now learning to code and giggled at the fact that the child and future king will learn a 600-year-old art form in his ballet lessons:
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