THE MALE DANCER PROBLEM

It’s still difficult to be a male ballet dancer what with the social stigmas and stereotypes. But “in many ways, things look better than they did 15 or 20 years ago: New York’s School of American Ballet (SAB) and the school of the Dance Theatre of Harlem boast higher male student enrollment than ever before, and the number of gifted male dancers currently onstage indicates that more men are feeding into the pool, probably at younger ages.” – Village Voice