Billy Elliot is a well known British film from 2000 starring Jamie Bell as the lead character 11 year old Billy. The film is about one boys dream to become a professional ballet dancer that secretly attends ballet classes. However he has to deal heavily with the negative stereotype of male ballet dancers from his farther and misses his first audition for the Royel Ballet School. After all the trouble Billy is finally accepted in to the school and fourteen years later performs lead role in Swan Lake.
This wonderful film, although it touches on the harsh stereotype of male dancers it is opposite to how Black Swan perceives ballet dancing. Billy Elliot shows a more far fetched dream and perfect view on dancing that would make a lot aspire to it thinking it is a beautiful thing. Although it is true that the dance is pure and uplifting it does not take a closer look to explore the harsh truths.
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