| Let me ANSWER ALL OF YOUR BALLET WORLD QUESTIONS | |
| Posted by: RufusRed 08:14 pm EDT 09/08/18 | |
| In reply to: Re:Robert Fairchild - jbronsto 07:12 pm EDT 09/06/18 | |
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| First things first, read "Dancing On MY Grave" by Gelsey Kirkland. I danced with one of the 2 major NY ballet companies so I know a thing or 2 about this subject. I appreciate the questions in light of the recent very sad and disturbing news coming out of NYCB, but I also see an urgent need to help those of you that don't understand. "I'm just trying to figure out why such a "frat house" atmosphere exists at the NYCB and wonder whether the standards have changed for whom they choose to educate and then employ?" Answer: The only criteria for who they take into the school and company is solely based on talent. Yes, there's politics and perhaps someone who's friends or related to such and such may get a chance but as Liza said, "your parents can get you through the door but once you're there, you've got to have talent." "In an attempt to dispel the stereotype of the effeminate, gay male ballerino, are they consciously or unconsciously in search of hyper sexual and aggressively straight young guys?" A: NO! The snarky and Trump defending POS Michael Reidel joked on his horrible radio show, "I didn't know there were straight guys in ballet companies." How ignorant for someone who claims to be such a know it all a#$hole. Ballet companies are perhaps 50/50 gay to straight but lean way more hetero. Musical theater on the other hand is in my estimation 98% gay. "Or are these dancers feeling some kind of pressure- either from within the ballet world or without- to prove their heterosexuality?" A: NO! The ballet world is perfect for str8 guys because there's so many women, duh! Chase Finlay will have to answer for his despicable actions. My theory is he was sidelined with an injury, I believe it was over a year which is devastating to a young dancer to have that much time on their hands and I feel this was due to boredom and perhaps, aided by substance abuse, but I don't know any specifics. It doesn't excuse his behavior by any means. NYCB's management needs to come clean, apologize to the girl Alexandra Waterbury, apologize to the public for not addressing this in a more productive way, (There's a side DC hotel story that is very disturbing but I don't know the timeline for that? Does anyone?), the donor mentioned needs to be outed /taken to task, some in the management and on the board should also be replaced and lastly, there needs to be a director appointed ASAP! They're in desperate need of leadership. They unfortunately released a tone deaf and defensive statement which is just going to make the management there look worse. We'd be in denial if it wasn't acknowledged that this type of behavior wasn't enabled and those in power looked the other way. Mr. Finlay doesn't mean anything to me as an artist, I've seen him dance and frankly don't remember him. Amar Ramassar on the other hand is a wonderful artist in his prime and the best male NYCB has. I don't know the extent of his involvement in this scandal but I hope he comes back. We all should pray for NYCB, this is extremely destructive to a fragile art form and to the dancers that are trying to do good work. |
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