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Ashton Edwards is an 18-year-old ballet student with the Pacific Northwest Ballet s elite Professional Division in Seattle. He s been studying classical ballet since age four.
The way that ballet dancer Ashton Edwards leaps through the air is pure art. The fact that he does it in pointe shoes is a rare feat.
Ballet traditionally has very divided roles for men and women. Men need power to lift their female partners. Women are prized for their delicate precision and the ability to seemingly defy gravity.
But ideas about ballet are changing.
Ashton Edwards is an 18-year-old ballet student with the Pacific Northwest Ballet s elite Professional Division in Seattle. He has been studying classical ballet since he was 4 but always in male roles.