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Performance
5:00 am
Fri January 18, 2013

As In 'Billy Elliot,' Barriers To Boys In Ballet Disappear With Grace

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Nathan Rogers, 7, laughs as he holds a pose.
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Ballet Instructor Sean Duss lines up his students as the Monday class for boys begins.
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Students point their toes as they warm up.
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Sean Duss leads his boys.
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Nathan Rogers, 7, laughs as Henry Ruland, 9, practices his positions.
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In between exercises, students blow off steam.
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The boys work on timing their steps and holding poses.
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Sean Duss grades the boys as they leap in the air.
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Cayo Dominguez-Heithoff, 9, smiles as he lines up with his classmates.
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Sean Duss leads the boys in core muscle exercises.
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Henry Ruland, 9, (from left) and Cayo Dominguez-Heithoff, 9, watch as their instructor demonstates.
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Rory Colligan, 6, (from left) and Nathan Rogers, 7, watch older students from the sidelines.
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Scene from "Billy Elliot"
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The musical Billy Elliot, which won ten Tony Awards in 2009 and comes to Kansas City's Music Hall next week, teaches that to move toward a dream, the dream must involve movement.

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