How Do Gender Roles In Ballet

In the article, “When Two Men Fall in Love on the Ballet Stage, and Why it Matters”, Gia Kourlas addresses how the roles in ballet are changing. A creator of the ballet's, Lauren Lovette created a pas de deux which is typically a ballet between a man and a women. Lovet decided to make her ballet, “Not our Fate” a romantic duet between two men. Ballet has taken longer to change than other types of art, but recently they have done more ballets with same sex duets. Kourlas explains how these duets are not new, but the way the ballet approaches the dances are new. Kourlas describes the approach as “natural.” The ballet has been known for changing things up as their ballet “Agon”, a duet between a white ballerina and a black male dancer, has been on the stage for sixty years. “Agon” has had
Of course, with any subject there is debate; some say there is no equality in ballet and others say that there should be roles between two men. In the article, two creators debate over this. Mr. Ratmansky believes that there are specific roles in ballet. Mr. Peck believes that ballet is about being present. Ballet is something that the creators have to change. No one else can change it but the creators. In conclusion, “When Two Men Fall in Love on the Ballet Stage, and Why it Matters”, Gia Kourlas addresses the changes in ballet and how the ballet is also very debatable.

In the article, “When Two Men Fall in Love on the Ballet Stage, and Why it Matters”, Gia Kourlas changes my perspective of what I thought the ballet was like, versus what it is really like. Kourlas starts off by saying, “It’s time for there to be roles in the ballet where two