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"The Devil Ties My Tongue" by Amy Seiwert performed for the SKETCH Series, 2013. Photo by David DeSilva. Courtesy of Amy Seiwert's Imagery

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Dance Magazine: The gender equality debate continues: Ratmansky responds

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Author: Jennifer Stahl

“Last week we wrote about how choreographer Alexei Ratmansky set off a Facebook firestorm with a post proclaiming that ‘there is no such thing as equality in ballet’ when it comes to gender roles. Coming from one of today’s foremost choreographers in ballet, his words unsurprisingly drew hundreds of heated reactions.

And maybe that was part of the point.”

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Dance Magazine: This choreographer just said ‘There is no such thing as equality in ballet’

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Author: Lauren Wingenroth

“And if that statement rubs you the wrong way—particularly coming from a highly acclaimed white male choreographer—you’re not alone.

On Sunday, American Ballet Theatre artist in residence and international ballet choreographer Alexei Ratmansky posted this on his Facebook page:

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Dance Magazine: Can we all please acknowledge ballet’s sexism problem already?

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Author: Courtney Escoyne

“On Friday, The New York Times posted an article to its website titled ‘A Conversation With 3 Choreographers Who Reinvigorated Ballet,’ a joint interview with Justin Peck, Christopher Wheeldon and Alexei Ratmansky. It’s a delightful conversation at first, veering from process to style to musical choices—delightful, that is, until a question about the dearth of female choreographers in classical ballet arose.”

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