Seven Dancing Boys, One Cat And 14 Carers

IF THE boys who play ballet prodigy Billy Elliot or his cross-dressing friend Michael ever get up to mischief off stage - one too many pirouettes down the corridor perhaps - their punishment is to do the laundry and pair up the socks.

Barre Helps Dunn Get To The Pointe

Rigorous Pilates and strengthening each layer of muscles from the inside out helped a ballerina get in shape after giving birth five months ago, writes Elissa Blake. Her waist-length dark hair, soft, glittering make-up and tiny, compact body make Australian Ballet star Lucinda Dunn look more like the teenage girl next door than a 35-year-old woman who gave birth just five months ago.

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Father Moved To Tears By His Dancing Billy

ELVIS Tavares didn't always love the idea of his son being a dancer. Ballet was for his two daughters, he reckoned; his boy did taekwondo. But on New Year's Eve, any residual doubts were blown away when Dayton, 12, nailed the lead role on the Melbourne opening night of the musical Billy Elliot. Dayton Tavares