The life of a miner's son in Northern England is forever cha nged one day when he stumbles upon a ballet class on his way to boxing less ons. Joining the class\, but keeping it a secret from his widowed father an d overbearing brother\, 11-year-old Billy finds himself in love with dance\ , demonstrating the kind of raw talent seldom seen by the class' exacting i nstructor\, Mrs. Wilkinson. She encourages him to try out for the Royal Bal let School in London\, where he can refine his craft while escaping his opp ressive surroundings.
\nBut when his father and brother find out ab out the ballet class and forbid him to continue\, Billy is torn between his responsibility to his family and that to the gift with which he has been b lessed. His overwhelming desire to dance has become much more to him than s imply a means of self-expression. It is his passion\, and it is his destiny .
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