Ballet Boys 2014

Ballet Boys 2014
Ballettguttene (original title)
1h 15min | Documentary, Sport | 14 April 2015 (Norway)
Storyline
Ballet Boys takes you through disappointments, victories, forging of friendship, first loves, doubt, faith, growing apart from each other, finding your own way and own ambitions, all mixed with the beautiful expression of ballet.
User review:
At first it seems as if Kenneth Elvebakk's documentary is going to cover the kind of thematic ground staked out by BILLY ELLIOT (2000) in portraying the world of teenage male ballet dancers. They are aware of the fact that to an outsider the world of dance might seem rather effeminate, but in truth they have to commit themselves to long hours of training, often in the most inhospitable weather.
As the documentary unfolds, however, so we understand that the focus of attention is actually on the relationship between the three protagonists – Lukas, Sylvert and Torgeir. From a mixed-race background, Sylvert wishes he could be 100% Norwegian so that he could find a girlfriend. Sometimes his desire to continue ballet wavers slightly, but he misses the camaraderie as much as the training. Torgeir, the tallest of the three, is perhaps the most potentially talented dancer; but eventually it is Lukas who advances the most, as he obtains a place at London's Royal Ballet School. Elvebakk's film focuses on the pain of separation, as he leaves his friends back home in Oslo and moves to a student dormitory in the center of London.