ELLE: Hadestown Director Rachel Chavkin on the Story Behind Her Viral Tony Awards Speech
Bri Kovan interviews Tony-winning director Rachel Chavkin.
Entries by dancedata
Chicago Tribune: Review: ‘Internal Geometry’ by Natya Dance Theatre is hardly radical but has women telling the story
Natya Dance Theatre shares women’s stories told by women in Chicago.
The Guardian: Lack of sanctions ‘makes a mockery’ of gender pay gap reports
Mathematically impossible gender pay gap data filed by some companies yet to be corrected.
The Guardian: Female BBC manager publicly declines promotion over pay inequality
Karen Martin tells colleagues she was offered £12,000 less than man doing same job.
The Guardian: Death of the dance dictators: ballet in the wake of #MeToo
With its culture of discipline, control and pecking orders, the dance world has always been plagued by claims of bullying and sexual exploitation. But old hierarchies are being challenged.
The Guardian: English National Ballet: She Persisted review – odes to Frida, Pina and Nora
Ibsen gets an urgent retelling, Kahlo dances with a monkey and Bausch’s masterwork is back in Tamara Rojo’s stellar triple bill.
The Guardian: ‘We need to step up!’ Five women pushing dance forward
Their moves are fresh, funny and stylish; their subjects include the climate crisis, gender politics and poetry. These electrifying choreographers are on the rise.
New York Times: Despite #MeToo Glare, Efforts to Ban Secret Settlements Stop Short
Twelve states have passed laws about nondisclosure agreements in sexual misconduct cases, but only one effectively neutralizes them.
New York Times: Money Is Not Just for Men
Sallie Krawcheck — once a Wall Street executive, now an advocate for women investing — on how women can get their fair share.
SAN FRANCISCO BALLET NAMES KELLY TWEEDDALE AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
A woman will take over as Executive Director at America’s third largest ballet company.
