A boy in a tutu. That was the image Lee Hall saw in his mind's eye when he began the original screenplay for "Billy Elliot," the tale of a striking coal miner's son who crashes the gates of the Royal Ballet School in London.
As a young boy, Glenn Allen Sims was more interested in singing than dancing. Then his school hired a new dance teacher.
When dancers from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater kick off a week-long guest performance at Tivoli's Concert Hall in the Danish capital on Tuesday, they will help carry on a tradition.
In 1962, Alvin Ailey choreographed "Reflections in D" to Duke Ellington's music as a vehicle for himself.