Ballet has always had a complicated relationship with gender. In the classical roles we watch on stage, men play princes and heartbreakers who leap high in the air and take up entire stages with large ...
When Medill sophomore Mila Brandson arrived at Northwestern her freshman year, she knew she wanted to join a dance group. Her mother was a former professional dancer and Brandson herself practiced ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Ballet’s strict gender norms put pressure on women to conform. But dancers who don’t are finding they’re not alone. By Siobhan Burke As a teenage ...