Lemuel said one reason he wanted to join the Hong Kong Ballet’s Classical Training Programme was that it has a boys-only class. “My family had been searching for a ballet class only for boys.

The first steps in his ballet career were taken in his local dance school where he was the only boy in attendance. "There's the stereotype – boys don't do ballet," Christopher explains.

Now a teenager, Tyson is going on eight years of training in ballet dance; he’s also explored lyrical, hip-hop and jazz dance styles. He’s performed in several local theater productions and films and ...