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Peter Darling puts on a pair of red leather boxing gloves and spars with himself in the mirror of a dance studio above Times Square.

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He looks more like an athlete—a boxer even—than a dancer. But this month, it’s Darling’s choreography that packs a punch on Broadway.

Billy Elliot
tells the story of an 11-year-old English boy who wants to be a ballet dancer.

He fights his family’s expectations—and society’s—to prove his worth onstage.

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As he struggles, his family becomes caught up in Britain’s 1980s miners strike. First a popular movie, Billy Elliot opened as a musical on London’s West End in 2005, directed by Stephen Daldry with music by Elton John and book and lyrics by Lee Hall.

It was a smash hit. In 2007 an Australian production opened.

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Now Darling—who choreographed the movie and the stage versions—hopes for a Broadway knockout.

You’ve got to surprise your opponent in boxing to keep them on their toes. When moving a beloved British musical ac