While it is still very much the preserve of little girls, ballet is for the boys too

Ballet is still very much the preserve of little girls as parents seem reluctant to put their boys into dance classes, writes Jonathan deBurca Butler

As we walked into the studio, I held Fionn’s hand tightly. It had all been my idea. I had seen him jump off the couch in a twirling spiral and land on the floor like a Romanian gymnast. I saw his name in lights. Dance classes, I thought.

As we approached the assembled masses of (mainly) mothers and their daughters it became apparent he was the only boy.