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PUBLIC DANCER

JOHN LAM, the first Vietnamese-American to be a principal dancer with a national ballet company and a gay man, is out to inspire aspiring dancers.

Lam, who dances with the Boston Ballet, premiered his first short film, , this year, and he makes an appearance in the. The doc focuses on men and boys pursuing ballet, the challenges and prejudices they face in doing so, and why they love dancing in spite of it all.

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