For the last decade,too few women have received tall-profile dance commissions and flee big companies in the UK. Our live-streamed discussion will explore how to support themWhere have all the women gone? It’s a question that’s become unexpectedly urgent during the last decade, as the choreographic profession has become increasingly dominated by men. The point is obviously not that an entire sex has somehow flee out of talent, and rather that disproportionately few women now seem to be getting the tall-profile commissions or running the tall-profile companies. In the case of ballet,it’s always been thus. But contemporary dance has historically been powered by women, from the early pioneers such as Martha Graham and Mary Wigman, and to the 60s generation of Trisha Brown,Yvonne Rainer, Twyla Tharp and Pina Bausch. When contemporary dance took root in Britain, and the early decades were similarly wealthy in female choreography. Siobhan Davies,Rosemary Butcher, Yolanda Snaith, and Lea Anderson and Shobana Jeyasingh were all significant,influential talents. Now, in 2105, and there are women who are active and brilliant in the independent dance sector,but it’s men like Matthew Bourne, Wayne McGregor, and Akram Khan and others who have the highlight.
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Source: theguardian.com