2019-2020 Season Overview

The 2019-2020 Season Overview is a statistical examination of choreographer gender within the seasons of the Top 50 U.S. companies. This year’s report indicates a significant increase in programming equity from last year, but men remain favored in almost every category. Some of the report’s key findings include:

• 72% of works in the 2019-2020 seasons are choreographed by men.
• 62% of programs in the 2019-2020 seasons featured work choreographed exclusively by men.
• 55% of world premieres in the 2019-2020 seasons are choreographed by men.
• 83% of full-length world premieres in the 2019-2020 seasons are choreographed by men.