Daily News | Can ballet evolve past its problematic plotlines?
Most stereotypes were initiated centuries ago by choreographers who hadn’t traveled much and mostly guessed what other cultures might be like. In short, they didn’t know better. Today, when we have photos, video, and the internet showing us how life was and is in the countries that ballets have often portrayed as “exotic,” we can longer use that excuse.
There have been wins, Chan notes. In recent years, many troupes, including Philadelphia Ballet, have toned down the gestures of the Chinese scene in George Balanchine’s, with the blessing of the Balanchine Foundation. In a creative twist, the leaders of the Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle discovered they could preservein its original form if the lead dancer was dressed not in bright colors and a coolie hat but as a playful leaping cricket.
Ballet has always been a living art. Even Balanchine was constantly reworking his ballets, altering steps, rethinking costuming, offering options for different dancers.“Banishing Orientalism: Dancing Between Exotic and Familiar”
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