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| "On Pointe" - Disney + documentary on School of American ballet - mabye not so good for little girls | |
| Last Edit: singleticket 03:59 pm EST 02/21/21 | |
| Posted by: singleticket 03:53 pm EST 02/21/21 | |
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| My niece is very excited by "On Pointe" the Disney + documentary series. So excited that I didn't have the heart to tell her that not only are ballet schools looking for a particular type of physical specimen when they make their selections but the School of American Ballet may or may not be also selecting for the Balanchine ideal at an early age. And that used to the ability to grow long straight hair for ballets like "Serenade". I saw the first episode and the show did make it clear that the school was looking for particular physical features which was excellent but then the show goes out of its way to show that they hold auditions in Harlem to what looked like a largely white group of applicants. It's what a friend calls "TV honest". It seemed like the documentary is avoiding the long history of discriminatory aesthetics, both physical and skin color, of the House of Balanchine. It might be better to go into that history to show girls and their mothers how specific the kind of dancer NYCB was and perhaps still is looking for. |
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| re: "On Pointe" - Disney + documentary on School of American ballet - mabye not so good for little girls | |
| Last Edit: singleticket 02:07 pm EST 02/22/21 | |
| Posted by: singleticket 02:04 pm EST 02/22/21 | |
| In reply to: "On Pointe" - Disney + documentary on School of American ballet - mabye not so good for little girls - singleticket 03:53 pm EST 02/21/21 | |
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| Correction: I was thinking of Balanchine's "Walpurgisnacht" ballet where long hair is basically part of the architecture of the piece, not "Serenade". | |
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| re: "On Pointe" - Disney + documentary on School of American ballet - mabye not so good for little girls | |
| Posted by: showtunesoprano 01:09 pm EST 02/22/21 | |
| In reply to: "On Pointe" - Disney + documentary on School of American ballet - mabye not so good for little girls - singleticket 03:53 pm EST 02/21/21 | |
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| Have you (and she) watched Debbie Allen's Hot Chocolate Nutcracker documentary on Netflix? It addresses the racism in the ballet world, and also showcases Allen's company that is open to ALL. | |
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| re: "On Pointe" - Disney + documentary on School of American ballet - mabye not so good for little girls | |
| Posted by: singleticket 02:00 pm EST 02/22/21 | |
| In reply to: re: "On Pointe" - Disney + documentary on School of American ballet - mabye not so good for little girls - showtunesoprano 01:09 pm EST 02/22/21 | |
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| No, will check it out. Thanks. | |
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| re: "On Pointe" - Disney + documentary on School of American ballet - mabye not so good for little girls | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 01:36 pm EST 02/22/21 | |
| In reply to: re: "On Pointe" - Disney + documentary on School of American ballet - mabye not so good for little girls - showtunesoprano 01:09 pm EST 02/22/21 | |
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| Netflix's TINY PRETTY THINGS also addresses racism in the ballet world, although it's really not for kids...even though it's set in a ballet school. The show's lead is an African-American ballet student from LA who gets a scholarship to attend a prestigious ballet training academy in Chicago whose student body is almost entirely white. It's a sexy "teen" murder high school kind of show, but I really enjoyed it, not least because the cast is comprised of actual trained dancers who can also act. |
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| re: "On Pointe" - Disney + documentary on School of American ballet - mabye not so good for little girls | |
| Posted by: parks22 11:44 pm EST 02/21/21 | |
| In reply to: "On Pointe" - Disney + documentary on School of American ballet - mabye not so good for little girls - singleticket 03:53 pm EST 02/21/21 | |
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| lying by omission isn't a good look | |
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| Have her watch it and then | |
| Posted by: Bway802er 09:21 pm EST 02/21/21 | |
| In reply to: "On Pointe" - Disney + documentary on School of American ballet - mabye not so good for little girls - singleticket 03:53 pm EST 02/21/21 | |
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| tell her to audition for ABT's JKO School ABT is not limited to the Balanchine physical ideal |
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