Even if boys are aware of these social messages, they rarely discuss them. Desmond Richardson, a former ABT principal now freelancing and working with the Complexions dance troupe, who grew up in Queens, agrees. The company's school is next to a basketball court, and lots of the boys go back and forth. There's come to be a respect for them in the neighborhood. There may be more boys dancing than before, but it's not as though the numbers are even nearly level with the girls.
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