Bullied Teen Ballet Dancer Gets Moment in the Spotlight

The fight to be yourself and follow your dream isn’t always easy. But every so often that fight proves to be a worthwhile one.  Take 14-year-old dancer Jack Higgins, for example. A ballet dancer from Liverpool, England Higgins wowed the judges and viewers across the globe with his performance on Britain’s Got Talent over the weekend. Higgins said other kids his age bullied him for being a dancer. “When I started, I was called names,” Higgins said. “They said it was just for girls and I should be doing football.” Despite what his peers said, Higgins kept dancing. With the support of his family, he now attends an arts high school and by the looks of it, the education has really paid off. Higgins’ dance to “Say Something” by A Great Big World earned him a standing ovation, a trip to the next round of the competition and words of praise by notoriously cranky judge Simon Cowell. “You know the one thing bullies don’t like? They don’t like it when you do well. I can see how hard you’ve worked and I congratulate you,”Cowell said.

Watch the incredible performance here!