Entries by dancedata
Hyperallergic: The Story of Women Artists in Revolution, a Movement Against Patriarchy
By Kate Silzer 13 February 2021 In a powerful 2019 essay in Artforum, Hannah Black, Ciarán Finlayson, and Tobi Haslett made the case that artists who were slated for exhibition in the 2019 […]
New York Times: Female Artists Made Little Progress in Museums Since 2008, Survey Finds
By Julia Jacobs 19 September 2019 Over the past decade, there has been a sense in the art world that gender equity was on the horizon: Emerging female artists were […]
Pointe: María Riccetto Talks About Her New Role as Artistic Director of Uruguay’s Ballet Nacional de Sodre
By Marina Harss 16 February 2021 On January 1, 2021, Uruguayan ballerina María Riccetto officially became the new director of her national ballet company, Ballet Nacional de Sodre. Seldom has the selection of […]
The Guardian: The #QueertheBallet movement: ‘it’s more than a man lifting a woman in a tutu’
By Emily Dixon 10 February 2021 Shortly after Adriana Pierce joined Miami City Ballet, someone watched her train and made an assessment: “Is Adriana a lesbian? Because she looks like one.” The […]
Pointe: Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet’s “Constellation Project” Maps the Complex Histories of 6 Dance Pioneers
By Zoe Phillips 09 February 2021 Last week, Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet celebrated the start of Black History Month with the launch of The Constellation Project, a star-studded online exhibition of dance […]
Dance: Virtual Ballet Classes Have Offered Me Glimpses of Gender Inclusivity as a Nonbinary Dancer
Growing up, I quit ballet as soon as the schools where I was training no longer required it. Because of ballet’s adherence to a strict gender binary, I often felt excluded and frustrated by the art form, even before I had the language to identify how it heightened my gender dysphoria.
