Eagan teen wins national honors as he aims for an international ballet career I think that we are going to be seeing him on many stages around the world, says National YoungArts official of 17-year-old Joel Dichter.
By SHEILA REGAN, Special to the Star Tribune December 31, 2020 10:53am Text size Copy shortlink:
Joel Dichter s mother knew he was destined to be a ballet dancer when she took the tot to see a touring production of The Nutcracker. There was a scene where the Snow King lifts up the Snow Queen. He jumped out of my lap, split my lip open, and screamed like he was at a football game, Cathy Dichter recalled. The woman in front of me turned around in the middle of the production and said, If you don t put him in ballet tomorrow, I ll be very upset.