![]() ![]() I would be called names but I didn't care. "People at school knew because I was open about it. "I didn't really care if there were no boys," he said. He soon realised this was his passion, even if he was the only boy in the group. "I was like ummm 'I don't want to do ballet, it's for girls'," he said.īut his mother kept encouraging him and eventually he joined a class in Egypt. Luca Abdel-Nour (right) performs during a lesson with choreographer and teacher Leo Mujic at Switzerland's Tanz Akademie Zurich. The international competition in Switzerland has been one of the leading showcases for young ballet talent since it began in 1973.Ībdel-Nour, 17, took three prizes, including second overall and the audience award, at the latest instalment in February, and hopes his success can inspire more boys from the Middle East to overcome their prejudices about dance.īorn to a French mother but growing up in Cairo, he performed in dance and theatre shows with his school as a young boy.īut he didn't try ballet until he took part in a summer dance school in France aged 12, and an instructor told him to give it a try. Surrounded by little girls and mocked at school when he first tried ballet, it took serious determination for Luca Abdel-Nour to become the first Egyptian prizewinner at the prestigious Prix de Lausanne. ![]()
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