MOVERS SHAKERS MAKERS
What makes creative people tick? How do they find and develop their inspiration? Welcome to the podcast that draws back the curtain on the inventive mind and its artistic process with a series of interviews between host Emma Lister and performers, choreographers, designers and other artists. Look out for our special mini-series, like 'Ballet for the 21st Century' and 'Ballet Macabre'.
MOVERS SHAKERS MAKERS
Ballet for the 21st Century - Boys Dance Too
Why is the bullying of boys who want to take ballet so persistent? Emma Lister seeks to answer this question and why their love of dance is often defended with the usual football comparison/"real men lift women" trope.
In the final episode of of our mini-series, Ballet for the Twenty-first Century, we'll open up topics such as: body image, casting, role models, gendered ballet technique, The Billy Elliot Effect and homophobia.
Special guests: Denzil Bailey, Richard Bermange, James Forbat, Matthew Paluch and Mark Samaras.
---Articles or videos we referenced in the ep---
M. Paluch. (2019). There's an elephant in the room and it's gay.... Dancing Times. October 2019, p29-31. www.dancing-times.co.uk
Here's a link to the conversation with Kenneth Tharp and Royal Ballet dancers for Black History Month
This mini-series has been made possible by a grant using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
