Ballet Taboo - Pregnancy & Parenthood

In this, the last episode of our miniseries, Emma Lister and Amy Drew are joined by choreographer Morgann Runacre-Temple  and dancer/teacher Senri Kou to discuss how being pregnant and having a child fits (or doesn’t fit) into the dance sector. We talk morning sickness during a show of Sleeping Beauty, the physical and hormonal changes of pregnancy, the decision to go back to performing vs the decision to stop, how you're perceived in the dance world as a parent and the trials of finding childcare  ...we're getting it all out on the table! We also have a mini survey we conducted on UK and international ballet companies to help us decipher what the 'norms' are in the sector.

REFERENCES
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/21/arts/dance/21agui.html  

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/conceptionandfertilityrates/bulletins/childbearingforwomenbornindifferentyearsenglandandwales/2020  

https://pipacampaign.org/research/balancing-act-survey?referrer=/research  

https://www.dancedataproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Connecting-the-Dots-Update.pdf