DDP Zoom: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
By Isabelle Vail The Dance Data Project database has record of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performances from 2015 to the current spring 2018 season. This record includes 45 pieces […]
Entries by Isabelle Vail
Chicago Tribune: New study finds female protagonists decreased in 2017 films
By Jack Coyle 22 February 2018 According to Coyle’s recent article, in 2017, only 24% of protagonists were female, compared to 29% in 2016. While diversity inclusion in the films […]
New York Times: The Problem With Broadway Revivals: They Revive Gender Stereotypes, Too
By Michael Paulson 22 February 2018 Billy Bigelow hits Julie Jordan. Henry Higgins molds Eliza Doolittle. Fred tames Lilli. And Edward rescues Vivian. Amid a national reckoning with sexual harassment […]
Pointe Magazine: Garrett Anderson Has Just Been Named Artistic Director of Ballet Idaho
Pointe Magazine has shared the news of the appointment of yet another male to lead as artistic director of an American ballet company. See below: Ballet Idaho has announced that Garrett […]
Library of Economics and Liberty: Gender Gap
By Claudia Goldin The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics discusses the gender gap of female earnings. Professor of Economics at Harvard University recounts the history of this gap in this article […]
The Guardian: Sexism in Dance: Where are all the female choreographers?
The Guardian: Sexism in Dance: Where are all the female choreographers? By Luke Jennings 28 April 2013 The title of this article is shared for many publications around the world, […]
The New York Times: Dance, Making a Career With One Eye on a Gender Gap
The New York Times: Dance, Making a Career With One Eye on a Gender Gap By Apollinaire Scherr 4 November 2001 In the early 2000s, the double standard for women […]
The Globe and Mail: Ballet BC changes the conversation on gender imbalance in dance world
The Globe and Mail: Ballet BC changes the conversation on gender imbalance in dance world By Martha Schabas 24 March 2017 The spring 2018 touring season of Ballet BC presented […]
Huffington Post: Behind the Tutus, Ballet Is a Boys’ Club
Huffington Post: Behind the Tutus, Ballet Is a Boys’ Club By Chloe Angyal 15 March 2017 Ashley Bouder is well aware of the dearth of female choreography in ballet. In […]
The New York Times: The Incomplete Vision of ‘Anatomy of a Male Ballet Dancer’
The New York Times: The Incomplete Vision of ‘Anatomy of a Male Ballet Dancer’ By Manohla Dargis 2 January 2018 In December, Marcelo Gomes left American Ballet Theatre after an […]
