Does anyone have a son who does ballet or horseriding?

[PetitFilou1]

I'm assuming someone does given that there are male ballet dancers and male horseriders but these things seem to be massively targeted at girls. I would really like to take ds when he's a bit older - he does ballet at nursery and really loves it. He also really loves horses almost as much as diggers and fire engines. He is 2.8 at the moment so not yet but I think people think I'm a bit strange for thinking about it. Just interested really.

ds7 has a dance exam next week- will be his 4th rossette! He did stop for a while bacause he said his friends had said 'boys don't dance'but then he missed it and asked to go back. We had a chat about some boys like - cars/planes/bikes/green/flowers/mud/dinosaurs etc,all different, and he like to dance, so he was fine then.
I originally sent him to help his co-ordination, and he just kept on! his little brother age 4 does ballet tap and jazz, and adores it even more! (dad moans they should be at football though!)

My son does ballet he is 10 and has been going for a year. He is now traing for the first exams and is the only boy in the class, the teacher likes having boys and one boy in another of her classes has joined a youth ballet. He does get teased sometimes by his friends at school, but I read that top footballers are now given ballet traing as part of foootball traing!

2 of my boys did ballet. They started when they were 10 and 6. The younger one gave up in February at the age of 14 and my older one only gave up when he went off to uni in September aged 19

The dancing school they were at did an annual show featuring all the kids from all classes, where they met up with all the other boys from other classes. They were a great little gang and always felt more important than the female majority I'm sad it's come to an end.

Wouldn't send a boy to dd's ballet school. It's all very pink leotard and fluffy little skirt there. For my dd who isn't a little princess/fairy type, I don't see ballet becoming a long-term hobby. My dd couldn't care less about princesses and fairies, she'd much rather be a knight or a horse.

I would send a ds to horse-riding though but I would try and arrange for him to go with a friend. Our pony club is pretty much mixed 50-50 which is nice for dd since she prefers boys anyway

notasheep - I'll be bumping into you at the Arts Centre, then! I'm there 3 times a week at the mo but it should go down to once after next month when dd gives up ballet and then up to twice in Dec when she moves up a grade in modern. I think the boys look great and I like to see what they'll be dressed up in and what dances they'll do when each show comes along.