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"The Devil Ties My Tongue" by Amy Seiwert performed for the SKETCH Series, 2013. Photo by David DeSilva. Courtesy of Amy Seiwert's Imagery

WendyPerron.com: Are women dancers still discriminated against?

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Author: Wendy Perron

“I co-wrote the article below forty years ago. Since the issue has come up again (actually it never went away) I decided to post it. This diatribe was useful back in 2000 when a group of choreographers called the Gender Project got together to address discrimination against women in dance. Reading this article from 1976, they were appalled at how familiar it sounded.”

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The Guardian: You’re wrong, Akram. We do need more female choreographers

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Author: Luke Jennings

“The choreographer Akram Khan has said that the number of female choreographers should not be increased ‘for the sake of it’, despite industry concerns that women in dance face much greater obstacles than men. Luke Jennings, the Observer’s dance critic, disagrees with Khan’s analysis.”

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Chicago Tribune: Dance Top 10 for 2015: Women had an outsized role on this year’s list

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Author: Laura Molzahn

“With shows by Wendy Whelan in January, Carrie Hanson in March, Onye Ozuzu in August, Twyla Tharp in November, and the female choreographers of Hubbard Street’s winter program this weekend — well, 2015 has proved the year of the woman. That shouldn’t be remarkable, because women predominate in dance, but it is. You’ll find an unusually high number of additional picks by women in my chronological list below of the top 10 dance works of the last year — along with some fine representatives of the other sex.”

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NY Times: A surprising year for female choreographers

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Author: Gia Kourlas

“In the ballet world, there is Twyla Tharp and then there are none — meaning female choreographers of note. At least that’s what it seems like. (Thank heavens for her “Bach Partita” at American Ballet Theater.) Fortunately, this says less about those who create dances than those who commission them. Ballet Theater and New York City Ballet can keep Liam Scarlett all to themselves: In 2014, female dance makers thrived, from the American premiere of the Canadian choreographer Dana Michel’s “Yellow Towel” to a revival by Pina Bausch, who died in 2009 but was kind enough to leave some gems behind.”

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The Guardian: Sexism in dance: where are all the female choreographers?

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Author: Luke Jennings

“As a nation we are well supplied with choreographers. Matthew Bourne, Akram Khan, Wayne McGregor, Liam Scarlett, Christopher Wheeldon… the list goes on. All are highly acclaimed, players on the world stage, their services booked for years ahead. So why are their female colleagues struggling for visibility? Why, when British dance was founded by women like Ninette de Valois and Marie Rambert, and has always employed more women than men, are there no high-profile women choreographers?”

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