Hong Kong boy local Billy wins France scholarship

[andrewcraig]

Great article of a hongkong boy too young to audition for most ballet schools granted a private audition in Paris.

http://www.yp.scmp.com/home/website/Art ... px?id=3213

here is the opening para.

A young ballet dancer hopes to make a name for himself

By Kevin Kung

Fourteen-year-old ballet boy Lam Chun-wing's admission to the L'Ecole de Danse de Paris, a prestigious ballet school in France, has become the talk of the town. Inevitably, comparisons are being made between Chun-wing and the boy lead in the famous 2000 film Billy Elliot.