theballetblog: John Lowe, age 91, took up ballet at age 79.Grandfather to 11, John Lowe, of Witchfor
theballetblog:John Lowe, age 91, took up ballet at age 79.Grandfather to 11, John Lowe, of Witchford, Cambs, took up dancing having watched his daughter Alison become a professional dancer. The retired teacher said: “It’s a wonderful thing to do and I can’t understand why more men don’t do it.”Pirouettes have been perfected in daily practice at home ahead of Mr Lowe’s performance in Prokofiev’s The Stone Flower at The Maltings.“I went to a dance school in the high street in Ely and asked if I could do tap and ballet and they said ‘well of course you can’ and I’ve been doing it ever since,” Mr Lowe said.“I’ve got a rope at home that I use to pull my leg up higher. I’m lucky that I don’t have any problem with the routines but that’s because I exercise.“There’s nothing effeminate about it - you have to be incredibly fit to dance. -- source link