By Alastair Macaulay
For two centuries, the point shoe has been the chief reason why ballet is “the” sexist art. No, ballet is not the only art in which sexism occurs – but it is the sole art that’s actually predicated on the dichotomy of the sexes. The woman, often rising on point, expects a man to stand behind her and partner her; the man does not expect to rise on point as she does.
Yet in ballet class many men practice pointwork. (It strengthens and develops the foot.) A hundred years ago, Bronislava Nijinska choreographed a serious role for Anton Dolin to dance on point in the 1920s. How strange that mainstream ballet has produced no sequels to this.
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