Oscar Hunter (18), who is 6ft 4ins, only tried ballet for first time 18 months ago
A former schoolboy rugby player who swapped the scrum for the dance studio has landed a coveted place at a prestigious Italian ballet academy.
‘Inadequate’: One-word school ratings abolished in England after tragedy involving distraught headteacherThe 18-year-old gave up rugby around four years ago after sustaining one of a series of concussion injuries. By that stage, the former Methodist College pupil admits he had fallen out of love with the game and was in need of a new passion.“I started rugby when I was seven or eight.
Oscar tried various different sports in the two years that followed before his mother Siobhan, who had always insisted her son had good “ballet feet”, suggested he give a local dance school a go. “So, it really happened out of the blue. You know I never thought if you asked me 10 years ago, or if you asked me three years ago, if I was moving to Italy to do ballet I would have said ‘you’ve got the wrong person’.”
“I only have about five photos and one video because I’ve only been doing ballet for a year and a half now, but she said, ‘yes, come over and train with us for two years and see how it goes’.
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