County Durham, England, 1984. The miners’ strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles upon a ballet class and finds out that he’s naturally talented. He practices with his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson for an upcoming audition in Newcastle-upon Tyne for the royal Ballet school in London.
1980s 80s throwback audition ballet ballet dancer ballet dancing ballet school celebratory coming of age cross dressing crying dance class dance teacher dancing dancing class dreams emotional vulnerability father son relationship friendship gay theme generational divide helping children homophobia hope late 20th century letter lgbt mentor miners strike northern england retrospective revolt sadness single father small person smart kid socialism street kid street riots strike teen playing kid workers’ quarter ya young boy youngster
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