DANC 150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: American Ballet Theatre, Ballet Blanc, List Of Case Closed Characters
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The great ballet blanc" works glorify white swans, white shades, white wilis and white sylphs. Many factors contribute to ballet"s lack of diversity: A lack of role models for aspiring dancers to emulate. A failure on the part of schools and companies to provide support for young dancers of color on the uphill road to professional success. Many believe a thread of racism still runs through the ballet world. There are people who define ballet in a very specific and historic sense and think it should look like the mariinsky in 1950," says american ballet. Theatre executive director rachel moore, who last year launched the company"s project pli , an initiative to support the training of ballet students from underrepresented communities. One key could be rethinking what ballet means to communities. Diversity training in ballet schools, johnson points out, could help teachers and students understand the importance of inclusion.
