Others currently tackling this challenge:
Organizations to follow and support
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Dance Education Equity Association
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Excessive Realness, Anthony Anterio
Ballez, Katy Pyle
National Dance Education Organization
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Teachers College PHD in Dance Education students
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Dance NYC, Equity and Inclusion Partners
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Further Reading/Research:
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Why Ballet Hasn’t Yet Caught Up to the Body Positivity Movement:
https://medium.com/s/story/satin-buzzsaw-ballets-place-in-a-body-inclusive-culture-144c5bcc680a
Dance Data Project: “CREATING A SAFE DANCE ENVIRONMENT”
Pacific Lutheran University CONSENT-BASED PRACTICES:
NYU Trans Inclusive Practices in the Classroom
RESOURCES- On Sexism, Harassment, and Feminism
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BzuGiTN-dWq1ucxzYuLCl0LJqC8lShODoRdFUdg9IvI/edit
Reminagine Gender: Perceptions of gender are changing — fast. Is your company ready?
https://www.reimaginegender.org/organizations
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Gretchen Alterowitz (2014) Embodying a Queer Worldview: The Contemporary Ballets of Katy Pyle and Deborah Lohse, Dance Chronicle, https://doi.org/10.1080/01472526.2014.957599
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7 Ways to be More Inclusive in your Everyday Life
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Adriana Pierce, The #QueertheBallet Movement
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