{"id":3170,"date":"2016-04-25T08:59:35","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T00:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/25\/the-boy-ballerinas-of-colombia\/"},"modified":"2016-04-25T08:59:35","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T00:59:35","slug":"the-boy-ballerinas-of-colombia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/25\/the-boy-ballerinas-of-colombia\/","title":{"rendered":"The boy ballerinas of Colombia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Boys-ballet011\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.0.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzA0LzI0LzgyL0JveXNiYWxsZXQwLjI1NWVkLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/efd6cc3c\/f60\/Boys-ballet011.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=The+boy+ballerinas+of+Colombia&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F24%2Fcolombia-ballet-boys%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F24%2Fcolombia-ballet-boys%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>When I first walked off the busy main road into the grounds of Incolballet, it was as if I had stepped into another world.<\/div>\n<p>Colorful birds hop across the path, just ahead of the main reception at El Instituto Colombiano de Ballet Cl\u00e1sico Incolballet.\u00a0Students lay in circles in the grass giggling and flirting with each other while Tschaikovsky and Bach concertos drifted out of the classrooms.<\/p>\n<p>There is some kind of magic in the air, as if the passion of each student infuses an energy of excitement that fills the school.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Incolballet is a tuition-free ballet school in the south of Santiago de Cali, Columbia, where both boys and girls from various backgrounds have the opportunity to study <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/04\/24\/colombia-ballet-boys\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/dance\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Dance<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/ballet\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Ballet<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/us-world\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Us World<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/pics\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Pics<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/colombia\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Colombia<\/a><br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/jump\/mash.to\/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x250;ord=1461544152' target='_blank'><br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/ad\/mash.to\/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x250;ord=1461544152'><br \/>\n<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/FIh6sYP01Xo\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I first walked off the busy main road into the grounds of Incolballet, it was as if I had stepped into another world. 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