“I used to get made fun of a lot for being a male dancer, especially growing up in Boston. Kids are terrible, they don't realize how heavy words can be.” MadeKidsUsedFunRealizingGrowing UpGrowingTerribleMalesHeavyDancerBoston Author:Kenny Wormald
“I was a dancer, and it's not really cool for a boy to dance, so it was inspiring to see a movie like 'Footloose' where a guy is dancing masculine and had a proper reason behind it. It made me feel cool, and when these kids would make fun of me, I'd be like, 'Oh, didn't you see 'Footloose,' man?” MenFeelsMadeReasonKidsGuyFunBehindsBoysDancingDancerMasculineReally CoolFootloose Author:Kenny Wormald
“People were being so mean as a result of my ability - a gift, really. So I think that's what makes me fight harder to provide an option to aspiring kids or artists. I wouldn't want anyone to go through what I went through... to see a little girl or a little dancer experience such unnecessary rejection.” PeopleThinkingWantMeanLittlesKidsArtistGirlFightingAbilityResultsHarderRejectionDancerUnnecessary Author:Laurieann Gibson
“I was a Russian dancer in my elementary school production of Fiddler on the Roof when I was in third grade or fourth grade. I was one of the younger kids accepted into the play, and the plays were pretty impressive, let me say.” PlayKidsSchoolThirdsLet MeProductionsAcceptedDancerGradesFourthRoofImpressiveElementary SchoolThird GradeFourth GradeFiddlersFiddler On The Roof Author:Lizzy Caplan
“Because I was a dancer when I was a kid, I have so much empathy for these young girls who are so drawn to something lovely in music and in movement, and yet they encounter a world full of judgment and criticism of 11-year-old artists and bodies.” WorldYearsBodyKidsYoungArtistGirlMovementJudgmentEmpathyCriticismLovelyEncountersDancer Author:Sharon Lawrence