UNH Bring a Boy to Ballet Day

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  • 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

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  • @Lionhearted626
    @Lionhearted626 6 ปีที่แล้ว +527

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

    • @kiniburk
      @kiniburk 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

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

    • @Lionhearted626
      @Lionhearted626 6 ปีที่แล้ว +58

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

    • @ltljulian
      @ltljulian 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @Lionhearted626
      @Lionhearted626 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @nissij5148
      @nissij5148 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

  • @odettaolson271
    @odettaolson271 6 ปีที่แล้ว +505

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

  • @salomegp3530
    @salomegp3530 6 ปีที่แล้ว +138

    I feel bad if theres that one person thats single

    • @mcwooley
      @mcwooley 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @salomegp3530
      @salomegp3530 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

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

    • @mcwooley
      @mcwooley 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Salomé Grand'Pierre ?

    • @salomegp3530
      @salomegp3530 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      what? did i say something wrong?

    • @mcwooley
      @mcwooley 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Salomé Grand'Pierre No

  • @sowandaryamahendran1937
    @sowandaryamahendran1937 6 ปีที่แล้ว +87

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

    • @akxnxjbx
      @akxnxjbx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sowandarya Mahendran i wish my school had ballet

  • @idraote
    @idraote 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    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 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @UofNH
    @UofNH  9 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    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...

  • @carissaoday9208
    @carissaoday9208 6 ปีที่แล้ว +177

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

    • @mcwooley
      @mcwooley 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

    • @michaeladesimone7388
      @michaeladesimone7388 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @carissaoday9208
      @carissaoday9208 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

    • @michaeladesimone7388
      @michaeladesimone7388 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

    • @carissaoday9208
      @carissaoday9208 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Michaela DeSimone oh, yes! I agree

  • @rebeccaandrews9767
    @rebeccaandrews9767 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @BlueMysticNinjaRanger
    @BlueMysticNinjaRanger 2 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @GiannaAragona
    @GiannaAragona 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I wish they had that at my studio!

  • @lightningbug3016
    @lightningbug3016 6 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Aw I love this! It's so cute!

  • @fionatanzer5270
    @fionatanzer5270 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Excellent idea!

  • @NeedANewName
    @NeedANewName 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is such a good idea!

  • @kb9847
    @kb9847 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    that was so fun!!!

  • @clairejeschke7510
    @clairejeschke7510 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Omg that would be so fun with my brother 😂

  • @savannahlee72
    @savannahlee72 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This made me smile!

  • @queenofnevers6990
    @queenofnevers6990 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great project!

  • @abigailstevens6652
    @abigailstevens6652 9 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    this is cute

  • @barry71smith
    @barry71smith 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love this concept

  • @joyyyhuu
    @joyyyhuu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love this idea

  • @annickborys2465
    @annickborys2465 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @MusicFreak6893
    @MusicFreak6893 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @frogathy
    @frogathy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @frostbittenskater995
    @frostbittenskater995 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @BreeElisexo
    @BreeElisexo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So cute I love it

  • @alesh2275
    @alesh2275 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’d be interested!

  • @TotallyMH729TsMH
    @TotallyMH729TsMH 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @NostalgiaBunny
    @NostalgiaBunny ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @mickeyedwards5399
    @mickeyedwards5399 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    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 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Initially I thought the old man was Jerry Springer

  • @blah7983
    @blah7983 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @mqtsunei
    @mqtsunei 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Oh you play football? That’s cute

  • @teleopinions1367
    @teleopinions1367 6 ปีที่แล้ว +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 6 ปีที่แล้ว +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 6 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      PaidPal someone's bitter

    • @liliawolf1621
      @liliawolf1621 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      what's your problem...

    • @PaidPal
      @PaidPal 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Haha, not at all.

    • @PaidPal
      @PaidPal 6 ปีที่แล้ว +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 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      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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