An introduction to dance and gender / Wendy Oliver and Doug Risner -- Dance in America: gender and success / Jan Van Dyke -- Behind the curtain: exploring gender equity in dance among choreographers and artistic directors / Eliza Larson -- Engendered: an exploratory study of regendering contemporary ballet / Gareth Belling -- Sassy girls and hard-hitting boys: dance competition culture and gender / Karen Schupp -- Boys only! gender-based pedagogical practices in a commercial dance studio / Carolyn Hebert -- Friendship formation among professional male dancers / Katherine Polasek and Emily Roper -- "Boys are morons" . . . "girls are gross": let's dance! / Karen Bond -- Leadership and gender in postsecondary dance: an exploratory survey of dance administrators in the United States / Doug Risner and Pamela S. Musil.
Summary:
The essays in this book consider how gender dynamics manifest in the dance community.
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