Skin Colored Pointes

Interviews with Women of Color in Ballet

Nyama McCarthy-Brown (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

277 Seiten

2024
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8705-6 (ISBN)

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Predominantly white casting in ballet has led many to wonder, ‘Where are all the black swans?’ This book sheds light on female dancers of colour, including thirteen primary accounts from African American, Latina, and Asian women in ballet.

Predominantly white casting in ballet has led many to wonder, "Where are all the black swans?" This book sheds light on female dancers of colour, including thirteen primary accounts from African American, Latina, and Asian women in ballet. Topics covered include dance training, casting (and colour-casting), employment, discrimination, implicit bias, success, and achievement. Dancers discuss in detail the obstacles many dancers of colour face during training; considerations facing some women of colour when seeking employment; performance challenges related to company work; and the teachers, parents, and community members that paved a way and widened spaces for them. Through the stories and experiences of the women featured here, models of inclusive practices and allyship are shared. The book culminates with a section providing teaching tools to support inclusive learning spaces.

Nyama McCarthy-Brown is an associate professor of community engagement through dance pedagogy, at The Ohio State University. She has been writing and developing teaching strategies in dance education for well over a decade. Her research is focused on dance as a vehicle for social justice.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword by Zita Allen

Preface

Introduction

Background of Ballet in the United States

Herstories: The Interviews

Set I—Retired Dancers

Lauren Anderson 42; Lourdes Lopez 53; Caridad Martinez 77; Crystal Michelle Perkins 93; Stephanie Marie Powell 110; Endalyn Taylor 128

Set II—Dancers Who Are Still Performing or Recently Retired

Shelby Colona 141; Monike Cristina 153; Yinet Fernandez 160; Kristie Latham 170; Claudia Monja 186; Margaret Severin-Hansen 192; Melissa Verdecia 203

Reflections

Themes and Variations: In the Experiences of the Women Interviewed

A Liberatory Approach to Teaching Ballet

Afterword by Melanye White Dixon

References

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	30.04.2024
Zusatzinfo	30 photos
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-4766-8705-6 / 1476687056
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-8705-6 / 9781476687056
Zustand	Neuware