Summary

A FEATURE ON A DANCE CLASS FOR BOYS.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 204261
Story Slug Boy Dance Class
Location Charlotte, NC
Format PKG
Date 4/30/2001
Archive Time 59:12
TRT 1:46
Supers Courtsey:Universal Kathleen Keener, Reporting Ian Wattsel, Student Debra Foxx-Simmons, Dance Teacher
Video Description CONCERT FOOTAGE (NOT LICENSABLE), MOVIE CLIPS (NOT LICENSABLE), STANDUP, BOYS DANCING IN DANCE CLASS, HIP HOP, SOT, BOYS PRACTICING, SOT, BOYS DANCING, PRACTICING, SOT
Description A FEATURE ON A DANCE CLASS FOR BOYS.
Script LEAD: WHEN SOMEONE MENTIONS DANCE CLASSES, MOST OF US THINK OF LITTLE GIRLS IN LEOTARDS AND TIGHTS. BUT A DANCE CLASS AT A CHARLOTTE MIDDLE SCHOOL PROVES THAT DANCE ISN'T JUST A GIRL THING ANYMORE. SCHOOLS REPORTER KATHLEEN KEENER EXPLAINS. (TAKE PKG) N'SNYC'S CONCERT TICKET SALES ARE KNICKIN'... THE BACK STREET BOYS STILL HAVE THE MOVES TO PACK COLISEUMS... AND BOY BALLET DANCER BILLY ELLIOT HAD US LINING UP AT THE BOX OFFICE... (standup) "And with all of this attention to dance on television and in the movies, kids are getting more interested in dance too." ESPECIALLY BOYS... THAT'S WHY DEBRA FOXX - SIMMONS STARTED "DANCE FOR BOYS" AT PIEDMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL THREE YEARS AGO. (sot) "About everybody in the school wanted to get in the dance class, and i felt really lucky to get in it." FIFTY-FIVE BOYS TAKE THE CLASS AND IF THERE WAS ROOM IN THIS TRAILER. THAT'S IN ADDITION TO 30 MORE BOYS WHO ARE IN COED CLASSES. (nats) "that's your grand jets for jete" THEY LEARN CLASSICAL BALLET, TAP, FOLK DANCING... AND EVEN GYMNASTICS. (sot) "it's that physicality for the guys, they really want to challenge themselves, they really like doing different kinds of jumps and leaps and movements that elevate." THE ATHLECTICISM OF DANCE IS PAYING OFF FOR THIS FOOTBALL PLAYER. (sot) "it helps your flexibility, and agility and speed." FOXX-SIMMONS SAYS BOYS HAVE A MORE PHYSICAL APPROACH TO DANCE THAN GIRLS. (sot) "i think boys are very interested in being very physical, they really like to be exhausted when they finish a piece." BUT THERE ARE OTHER ADVANTAGES TO HAVING A CLASS FOR BOYS ONLY. (sot) "it's a kind of shy them watching you dance. it's just kind of shy." (sot) "you get a little shy and everything."
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