300 dancers perform ballet outside 'GMA' studio after TV host shamed Prince George for doing ballet

Publish Date: Wednesday, 28 August 2019, 9:53AM

Prince George is set to return to St Thomas’s Battersea school next month, which will see him take up ballet classes as a mandatory part of the curriculum.

And one American TV host found it hilarious.

Leaving royal fans outraged, Good Morning America presenter Lara Spencer cruelly shamed the future king for taking ballet lessons.

But dancers from around New York were not having a "bar" of it and took to the streets to show their support for the six-year-old royal.

During the beautiful moment, professional ballerinos led a class of 300 male and female ballet students in a ballet dance right outside the Good Morning America studios in Times Square.

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Couldn’t be filled with more love from our class this morning in Times Square. Look at all of these incredible young dancers! Photos by the one and only @murphymade Huge thank you to @charliewilliams and @samquinn for putting this together! I was fortunate enough to get to speak with @lara.spencer along with @traviswall and @fabricecalmels on camera for @goodmorningamerica yesterday. I believe we steered this painful moment into a great conversation celebrating dance and defending boys who are bullied for doing it. Lara was heartfelt, teary and incredibly remorseful. She owned up and apologized for her remarks and I forgive her and thank her for doing all she could to right her wrong. I hope in time we can all find forgiveness in our hearts once the pain we have felt disappates a bit. After all, we are all human and make mistakes. We, the dance community, are a community of love and compassion. And my hope is that we move forward together in order to lead in unity and love, especially in our current social climate where there is so much division. Dance heals. Dance unites. Dance leads. Sending you all love love love and want you to know how much you all inspire me. Now get out there and dance:)❤️ #boysdancetoo #laraspencer #goodmorningamerica #strongertogether #forgiveness

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😱 300 DANCERS showed up for ballet class this morning in Times Square in front of @goodmorningamerica!! I am so proud and overwhelmed with the support from the dance community standing together on such an important issue. I almost didn’t start dancing when I was young - I constantly said “dancing is only for girls”. It took 2 years for my parents to convince me and I’m so glad I did. I hope the next generation of boys don’t have to deal with the same type of bullying a lot of us had to deal with - we will not stand for it! #boysdancetoo . . #dancer #dancers #dancing

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The dancers also held up signs that read "boys dance too", "ballet for all" and "I wish I’d started at 6".

Previously, after feeling the heat, Spencer issued an apology on Instagram, writing: "My sincere apologies for an insensitive comment I made in pop news yesterday. From ballet to anything one wants to explore in life, I say GO FOR IT. I fully believe we should all be free to pursue our passions. Go climb your mountain-and love every minute of it."

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300 dancers showed up for a ballet class this morning in Times Square. Getting to teach young men and women and getting to share stories was one of the most beautiful mornings I’ve ever had! I love our dance community!!! #voicesheard #ballet #boysdancetoo #ilovedance

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The school writes on its official website: "The aim of teaching Ballet at Thomas's is to inspire and nurture in our pupils a love of classical ballet and dance, its history and traditions and associated arts."

And it seems George is following in his late grandmother's footsteps.

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🤸🏼‍♂️Boys 🤸🏼‍♂️Dance 🤸🏼‍♂️Too🤸🏼‍♂️ 👖Pants by: @yumiko 👖 • • • Good morning, America! Boys, girls, everyone who showed up! We dance together! For everyone! For 6 year old Prince George 🤴🏼! Thank you @samquinn @traviswall @robbiefairchild @alexdwong @iamcharliewilliams and everyone else who came out to prove and support the male dancers who have ever been bullied, put down, shamed, discouraged, and forbidden to dance. We dance for you. We dance with you. #boysdancetoo @goodmorningamerica and @lara.spencer We woke up to prove how fearless and dedicated we as men and boys in ballet. Please don’t ever underestimate the power of our community again. What a lesson to learn. How about trying a 2 hour ballet class next? #ouch • • • #maledancers #balletboys #ballet #newyorkdance #newyorkcityballet #goodmorningamerica #gayboy #balletforeveryone #instagay #dancersunite #dancers #dancelife

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Princess Diana was a keen ballet dancer, learning it as a young girl through to her adulthood.

She was also a supporter of the English National Ballet and once put together a secret performance for Prince Charles.

Princess Charlotte will also be joining Prince George, starting school at Thomas's Battersea for the first time this year.

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