Ballet At The Movies: "First Position"
Having an intimate history with ballet, Kargman wanted to do her part to burst some of the common stereotypes that exist around the form; for example, that ballet is for rich white kids, that boys in ballet are gay, that young women in ballet are always anorexic, and that stage mothers are consistently obnoxious. “The world behind the scenes of ballet is much more complex and interesting than what meets the eye,” Kargman explains, and she reveals this through the stories of her young dancers, girls and boys, young men and women from different nations, and varied backgrounds who are bound together by a dance form and the desire to excel in it.