More: Lara Spencer sits down with male ballet dancers after 'insensitive' Prince George comments There is no uniform dress code required for the boys except ballet shoes, shorts and a T-shirt. In ...

An older sister had to talk Eli Waunch into going to his first ballet class at age 9. His two brothers also went along, so that the girls in the Deer Park program could dance with male partners.

Boston Ballet's performance of "Vestris" is a "duet with the audience," dancer says 03:40. When you go to the ballet, you often see female dancers in the spotlight.

Rudolf Nureyev set the template for the modern male ballet dancer. With the defection of Soviet star Rudolf Nureyev from the Kirov Ballet in Paris in the 1960s, this image was finally laid to rest.