"It's because it's still my dream. I had a teacher once tell me that boys can't be the Sugar Plum Fairy so I told him that I would make a company one day where boys and girls could dance any part they wanted."

Eli's face was glowing as he talked about it. This was his passion and it was written all over him. "I'd still like to some day. A place where it doesn't matter if you're man or woman or anything at all. If you win the audition for that part then it's yours."