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VIDEO: Watch two hot, sculpted Toronto men having a sword fight

By Matthew Fox

| November 3, 2011

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Swing on, boys (Image: National Ballet of Canada)

More and more, the National Ballet of Canada knows its marketing. They have just released a video of two of the company’s principal male dancers—Jiří Jelinek and Piotr Stanczyk—rehearsing a sword fight for an upcoming production of Romeo and Juliet. If this doesn’t put asses in the seats, nothing will. Watch the video »

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