Ghetto Ballet, a very tight well put together documentary (a little of a half hour) which in a relatively short period of time tells a story of four South African youth who have varied aspirations to be “classical” ballet dancers. They are part of a small group of students from Philip Boyd’s “Dance for All” a dancing academy created to teach disadvantage boys and girls classical and modern ballet.
Dance for All, Cape Town South Africa
The group is followed over the course of one year as they attempt to overcome their challenges and the choices that they make. On issue that is brought up in the film that I personally have had an issue with is that of ballet dancers weight and the focus on body type and I realized as I watched the film that teachers, regardless of their discipline can only teach what it is that they know.
The kids are sweet, beautiful and like any young person in the world, desire to have a better life for themselves and their families, which is their right. What this film is able to do without preaching or judging is to illustrate that the world may be culturally diverse and yet there is no distinction between us in our desire to live a meaningful life.
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