UNH Bring a Boy to Ballet Day

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  • čas přidán 31. 07. 2024
  • Ten years ago University of New Hampshire professor Larry Robertson wanted more men interested in his ballet classes, so he started Bring A Boy To Ballet Day. When he retired last year, he asked that the department carry on the tradition.
    Produced by Scott Ripley UNH Communications and Public Affairs
    Additional footage by Steven Galante '15

Komentáře • 81

  • @Lionhearted626
    @Lionhearted626 Před 6 lety +528

    They should have a male ballerina actually dance for them to show them what they could look like.

    • @kiniburk
      @kiniburk Před 6 lety +17

      No such thing as a male ballerina. Ballerina is a title given to women.

    • @Lionhearted626
      @Lionhearted626 Před 6 lety +58

      kini Lmao, I’m sorry they should have brought a male ballet dancer in there, FUCK male ballerinas.

    • @ltljulian
      @ltljulian Před 6 lety +1

      Lionhearted626 A "male ballerina"!? Isn't that an oxymoron?

    • @Lionhearted626
      @Lionhearted626 Před 6 lety +1

      Mark BestBuddy I don’t know, I don’t do ballet.

    • @nissij5148
      @nissij5148 Před 6 lety +15

      There is a guy dancing ballet shown almost to the beginning of the video

  • @odettaolson271
    @odettaolson271 Před 6 lety +506

    I know someone who becomes a professional dancer after taking his first class in college at a bring a boy day like thing

  • @idraote
    @idraote Před 6 lety +32

    This is a nice idea. Men often think that ballet is "for girls" and don't realise how tough it is, how much strength and dedication it takes to do the simplest movement. They get distracted by the aesthetic part, which is of course essential in ballet.

    • @yasaiaisa8363
      @yasaiaisa8363 Před 4 lety

      Haha, why would the fact that it's tough make it any more appealing to them

  • @foolingisaround
    @foolingisaround Před 6 lety +88

    Damn. Wish my school's ballet has a bring a boy day

    • @akxnxjbx
      @akxnxjbx Před 6 lety +3

      Sowandarya Mahendran i wish my school had ballet

  • @salomegp3530
    @salomegp3530 Před 6 lety +139

    I feel bad if theres that one person thats single

    • @mcwooley
      @mcwooley Před 6 lety +6

      Salomé Grand'Pierre I don't even mind being that person in ballet :)

    • @salomegp3530
      @salomegp3530 Před 6 lety +21

      You know what? same. ill just bring a guy friend

    • @mcwooley
      @mcwooley Před 6 lety +1

      Salomé Grand'Pierre ?

    • @salomegp3530
      @salomegp3530 Před 6 lety +1

      what? did i say something wrong?

    • @mcwooley
      @mcwooley Před 6 lety +1

      Salomé Grand'Pierre No

  • @carissaoday9208
    @carissaoday9208 Před 6 lety +178

    Loving it! Ballet can help football athletes big time. Who says ballet is just a girly thang? : )

    • @mcwooley
      @mcwooley Před 6 lety +15

      Carissa O'Day Ballet can help anybody big time, not just football athletes :)

    • @michaeladesimone7388
      @michaeladesimone7388 Před 6 lety +1

      Carissa O'Day omg soooo many people say that! And it's so false!

    • @carissaoday9208
      @carissaoday9208 Před 6 lety +10

      Michaela DeSimone how can it be false. ANY sort of physical excersize and coordination work can benifit athletes.

    • @michaeladesimone7388
      @michaeladesimone7388 Před 6 lety +8

      Carissa O'Day no no no sorry I meant that people saying ballet is a girly thing is false😂😂

    • @carissaoday9208
      @carissaoday9208 Před 6 lety +2

      Michaela DeSimone oh, yes! I agree

  • @UofNH
    @UofNH  Před 9 lety +62

    Ten years ago #UNH professor Larry Robertson wanted more men interested in his ballet classes, so he started "Bring A Boy To Ballet Day." When he retired last year, he asked that the department carry on the tradition...

  • @rebeccaandrews9767
    @rebeccaandrews9767 Před 4 lety +7

    I wish they had the boys try on a pair of pointe shoes😂

  • @gregj831
    @gregj831 Před 4 dny

    What an opportunity and honor! Nothing like this ever happened at my college.

  • @BlueMysticNinjaRanger
    @BlueMysticNinjaRanger Před 3 lety +3

    I don't have many friends that are girls in ballet but if a girl asked me to this for her, I would do it to show that I'm a true friend.

  • @lightningbug3016
    @lightningbug3016 Před 6 lety +47

    Aw I love this! It's so cute!

  • @GiannaAragona
    @GiannaAragona Před 6 lety +7

    I wish they had that at my studio!

  • @fionatanzer5270
    @fionatanzer5270 Před 6 lety +19

    Excellent idea!

  • @savannahlee72
    @savannahlee72 Před rokem +1

    This made me smile!

  • @clairejeschke7510
    @clairejeschke7510 Před 6 lety +22

    Omg that would be so fun with my brother 😂

  • @NeedANewName
    @NeedANewName Před 6 lety +7

    This is such a good idea!

  • @kb9847
    @kb9847 Před 6 lety +14

    that was so fun!!!

  • @abigailstevens6652
    @abigailstevens6652 Před 9 lety +44

    this is cute

  • @frogathy
    @frogathy Před 4 lety +4

    i want to do this so bad, it would be amazing to do with my brother😂

  • @joyyyhuu
    @joyyyhuu Před 5 lety +1

    I love this idea

  • @queenofnevers6990
    @queenofnevers6990 Před 5 lety +3

    Great project!

  • @barry71smith
    @barry71smith Před 4 lety

    Love this concept

  • @MusicFreak6893
    @MusicFreak6893 Před 6 lety +7

    this is so cute. i am so happy rn :D

  • @annickborys2465
    @annickborys2465 Před rokem

    C’est très important ce genre d’échange! 🎉

  • @frostbittenskater995
    @frostbittenskater995 Před 5 lety +1

    I feel like there should be something like this for figure skating.

  • @BreeElisexo
    @BreeElisexo Před 6 lety +1

    So cute I love it

  • @Nostalgia_Nachell
    @Nostalgia_Nachell Před rokem

    My does it sound like Somewhere Only We Know in the beginning?

  • @TotallyMH729TsMH
    @TotallyMH729TsMH Před 6 lety +4

    Awww ♥ BRING THE BOYS AND LET THEM SEE THE BIG GUNS (ballet dancing) HWHEHEH

  • @alesh2275
    @alesh2275 Před 3 lety

    I’d be interested!

  • @mickeyedwards5399
    @mickeyedwards5399 Před 6 lety

    This has been more than a few years ago but here's a good blast from the past. My ex-boyfriend did ballet classes all the time. To my knowledge, I think he briefly danced for one company! It was about a year after we stopped seeing one another when a friend of mine told me "that she had seen him dancing at a Night Club." I was sort of nonchalant about it until she nervously laughed and told me "that he was stripping down a G-string and performing what were called 'Live Striptease Love Shows' with girls. I nearly died at hearing this! Turns out, he wasn't just going down to strictly a G-string either. For a price and a private showroom he and a girl would actually go full nude. Bet none of you have ever been to a strip joint that had such acts?

  • @gizdollao8
    @gizdollao8 Před 6 lety

    Initially I thought the old man was Jerry Springer

  • @blah7983
    @blah7983 Před 5 lety

    After they should have them watch a class that the girls normally take.

  • @mqtsunei
    @mqtsunei Před 6 lety +5

    Oh you play football? That’s cute

  • @teleopinions1367
    @teleopinions1367 Před 6 lety +1

    That was absolutely shocking. You would be hard press to find people that pale in California. Next trend should be, "Bring a boy to a tanning booth or California."

  • @PaidPal
    @PaidPal Před 6 lety +3

    Bring a guy to watch slim, flexible, tight-wearing clothes girls stretching? Yeah, not bad idea, I'm sure they will leave the studio with so much insights about ballet (because it takes one class to understand it, not years and years of training, right?), not with the head full of dirty thoughts.
    The cutest thing in that whole concept are the comments - it is astonishing how naive girls can be. "So cute!"... really...?

    • @taylorbackup9165
      @taylorbackup9165 Před 6 lety +56

      PaidPal someone's bitter

    • @liliawolf1621
      @liliawolf1621 Před 6 lety +19

      what's your problem...

    • @PaidPal
      @PaidPal Před 6 lety

      Haha, not at all.

    • @PaidPal
      @PaidPal Před 6 lety +1

      Being attracted to slim, fit female body is being a "perverted pig"? Lol, I hope you're better dancer than the thinker, you won't make much money on winning the Nobel prizes.

    • @PaidPal
      @PaidPal Před 6 lety

      LOL, your naivety would be charming, but you use too many words that make you simply come across cheap. Didn't expect more though.
      Good luck to you:
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