Twyla Tharp

And they started jumping out of sequence because the ballet class is very carefully constructed to warm up the body and also to develop the training.

So you're working both laterally and in depth in every technique class.

They went out of sequence so the boys could jump, which is usually not done until the very end of class.

And this little guy had real what we call ballon.

He could go up and he could like, for a moment, it seems like he's able to suspend.

He knew he had that.

He could fly.

And he knew I wouldn't see that at the bar, so he wanted to butt.

He was what we call pronated.

His feet were hyperextended to the outside, so he's not going straight up through the metatarsal.

He's going up through the outside of the leg.

And, you know, I pulled the teacher out and I said, you know, that kid's phenomenally talented.

And he said, yeah, we know.

And I said, but he's pronated.

He said, we know that too, but we have eight other ones.

Like we, if he doesn't figure that out, he's out and we'll bring in another one.

And this can be the difference between a child who grows into an adult with a career and a life and one who's lost.

So parents are very protective.

of trying to get this opportunity for their kids, and it's heartbreaking.

And the way they are trained is they are wrenched into these positions.