The pas de deux is arguably the centerpiece of classical ballet. Traditionally ... though everyone takes barre and center together, the boys will then leave for a separate “men’s class ...

But Lemuel Ma and Wesley Matsuharu Lai, two teen dancers in the Hong Kong Ballet’s Classical Training Programme, know that boys also have a place in ballet. Lemuel and Wesley, both 14 ...

Ballet isn’t gender-specific; films like Billy Elliot helped to inspire boys worldwide to bump up their muscles with ballet, and even professional footballers can be found taking classes to help ...

John Galvan (in illustration), Rueben Carrion, Frances Taua, Dan Church and Shane Borge star in Maui OnStage’s, “The Boys Next Door ... Vanessa Cerrito’s Ballet I, II and III students ...