Ballet has always had a complicated relationship with gender. In the classical roles we watch on stage, men play princes and heartbreakers who leap high in the air and take up entire stages with large ...
An older sister dragged Eli Waunch to his first ballet class at age 9. His two brothers also were talked into going to the session, so that the girls in a Deer Park program could dance with male ...
TURIN, ITALY - DECEMBER 02: Marco Perego, Zoe Saldana and their sons at The National Museum of Cinema on December 02, 2024 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images) “Studies ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Elizabeth B. Yntema’s Dance Data Project has been using a steady drumbeat of numbers to push the ballet world to action on gender equality. By ...
More than forty years ago, dancer Richard Jessup traveled to Seattle for a show, fully intending to leave once the run was over. “I wasn’t planning to stay,” he says, “but other theater and dance ...
In a society where avenues for male self-expression can be limited, a Jamaican dancer and educator is carving out a safe space for men to create freely, build community and address their mental health ...