Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox When Isaac Bowry was a teenager, he never believed he could make it as a successful dancer.
Growing up in Wythenshawe with an African Caribbean hairstyle and dual heritage made him fear he'd be rejected from the profession.
Now 25, Isaac is a professional ballet dancer, and has starred in a production of Romeo and Juliet, before going on to dance in Matthew Bourne's genderbending Swan Lane - which swapped out female swans in tutus for bare chested male swans. Read more:Young girl saved from being taken by stranger The former Newall Green High School student had never even seen a ballet performance on stage before he was accepted, at age 14, onto a programme
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