Billy Elliot
One or more unlikely characters take a ballet class, usually reluctantly.
The Odd Couple
Appearances
- The Odd Couple: Season 4, episode 2, "Last Tango in Newark" (1973). Oscar's muscles are stiff and cramped from playing football, so Felix convinces him to take a ballet appreciation class with him to get in shape.
- Are You Being Served?: Season 7, episode 2, "Strong Stuff This Insurance" (1979). The staff want to get in shape so they can qualify for a new pension plan, so they hire a dance instructor to teach them ballet.
- Mr. Belvedere: Season 1, episode 3, "Gotta Dance" (1985). After Wesley watches a ballet on TV with Mr. Belvedere, he decides he wants to learn ballet, much to George's disappointment.
- 3rd Rock from the Sun: Season 2, episode 22, "Will Work for Dick" (1997). After babysitting Mrs. Dubcek's granddaughter, Sally wants to have a childhood, so she plays with Barbies, styles Tommy's hair, and takes a ballet class, but her height, strength, and lack of coordination create the effect of a bull in a China shop.
- Community: Season 1, episode 14, "Interpretive Dance" (2010). Troy and Britta discover they're both taking dance classes after school and have been too embarrassed to tell the rest of the gang, but Britta is ready to come out as a dancer, and she tells the gang at their next study group meeting, but Troy still refuses to tell, and he quits the class. When the dance classes put on a recital for the school, Britta chokes on stage, so Troy runs out from the wings and does an incredible dance with Britta that impresses everyone.