and when alice's adventures in wonderland was created, the choreographer christopher wheeldon knew thatamating styles and bringing different influences into his choreography. so, yeah, the tap shoes were requested and... you must have been surprised because they are very different disciplines, aren't they? they are, but then if you look at gene kelly, fred astaire, they were amalgamating the styles then, and that's i think, the beauty of it. we do now have more boys going into ballet than was the case when you started out, but there's still a high drop—off rate. so what would you say to try and keep boys and young men in the discipline? i mean, it comes from the teachers, doesn't it? it comes from the teachers empowering the young students to really understand and appreciate that the world of dance and the arts in general can literally be a gateway to the world. we need to be able to have society finally relax and allow boys, girls, whoever to actually enjoy what it is they're passionate about. if you've got a young boy that's passionate about it at a young age and then it starts to dro