In captivating video-diary style, Royal Ballet dancers Michael Nunn and William Trevitt speak directly to the camera in trenchant and witty detail. The viewers ger a unique insight into the highs and lows of backstage life from the surreal to the moving.
Dancers dressed as pigs take drinks from a backstage water fountain while two other dancers, who are leaving the company, share their fears about future employment. Ballet Boyz II Ex-Royal Ballet dancers Michael Nunn and Billy Trevitt are back with another captivating 50 minutes of their video diary and this time they have in tow the sparkling and fantastically talented Japanese dancer, Tetsuya Kumakawa. Ballet Boyz II follows their endeavours to overcome the challenges they face when forming a fresh new ballet company of their own – K Ballet. Scoffed at by some in the industry as the 'Disloyal Ballet', will they prove the critics wrong? Juggling their need for money and adulation with artistic honesty and an overwhelming desire to succeed was never going to be easy – but were they really prepared for it to be this hard? An engaging, spirited and touching journey where sacrifices go hand in hand with any chance of success – you really hope reaching the end will be all that they thought it would be.