We’ve pretty much seen it all on these televised talent shows, but that doesn’t mean they still can’t warm your cold heart once in awhile.
14-year-old dancer Jack Higgins will do just that with his emotional and heartfelt dance on Britain’s Got Talent. The kid just loves to dance, and kept on movin’ even through homophobic bullying from haters who called him gay and told him dance is “just for girls.” It’s practically the storyline of the 2000 uplifting drama Billy Elliot.
His moves are amazing, and the look on his face as he awaits his judgment is all of us when we really, really want something. Watch his segment below, and do your best to spot a smile from Simon Cowell. We did…we think.
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Ohhhh sweethearts this is so fabulous. It has brought me to tears. Never be ashamed of being a boy who is light on your feet. I grew up dancing and being teased by other guys.
Billy Budd
He is lovely. I cried together with him. I wish he will have a happy happy life.
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@Billy Budd: Hugs so well said, honey.
Berkleyguy
Absolutely awesome.
iggy6666
Great job. Way to go kid!
AtticusBennett
Simon Cowell is right – bullies hate it when you succeed in the thing they try to use against you.
male dancers all experience at some point(s) in our lives as dancers – people see your talents and abilities and skills and, due in large part to a nonsensical culture that denigrates the dance art form, decide you should be mocked for it.
when dance is the thing that gives you life and joy, it becomes that double-edged sword: the thing you escape into and find your greatest joy in is also the thing that puts a target on your back to mouth-breathing bullies.
this kid has a gift, and he’s gonna do very well in life.
MacAdvisor
“It’s practically the storyline of the 2000 uplifting drama Billy Elliot.”
Leaving out the whole coal strike, Margaret Thatcher, friend who actually is gay, and the strikers raising money for him to go to the audition.
scotty
god damn onions
avesraggiana
He’s got beautiful line. He’s started ballet just in time to save those feet. “Save” as in, work them and exercise them so that they are flexible, pliable, highly articulate, highly arched, strong and expressive. Ballet training will give his feet all that, but he has to start NOW.
Brian
So what’s the moral of this story? That it is so awful to be called gay that one must completely disown the idea that one is gay? If so, I find it offensive and homophobic.
AtticusBennett
@Brian: were you Out when you were 14? no. you’re not even Out NOW
i was that kid. bullied for being in the dance program. called GAY, before i was ready to accept it – and made fun of for being gay.
but hey, you’re a trolling closeted coward. you’re here just to troll and get attention from commenters because nobody pays attention to you in the real world.
how about you make a youtube video talking about how awesome it is to be bi, or gay? you can even have your dad in it with you, because he’s been so awesome about it? right? HA.
FnameLname
@Brian: no the moral is that this is a 14 year old kid who has been bullied in the past. His sexuality is his own and when he is ready to explore it and discuss it he will. If you feel the need to out him or to call him queer you have missed an opportunity to witness some beautiful dancing that comes from the heart and is filled with the intensity and commitment of some of the greats like Mikhail Baryshnikov