Bibliography re: male gender & ballet research

[Eltonjohn]

Here's some relatively recent (academic) thinking (writing) about some notions of masculinity as related to male involvement in ballet. Just want to catalogue it all in one handy spot for future reference, if that is permissible, since

1) it is an issue that confronts many developing male dancers and the academic literature can be a useful resource if one learns or knows how to source and utilize it to advantage

2) the theme is obliquely discussed or referred to in this forum from time to time as it is a component of the artistic work, so academic contributions can help to inform us perhaps

One article from 2011 makes explicit reference to the 'BE Effect', that is, the supposition or observed phenomenon that BE and BETM have had a positive, stimulative impact on boys' enrollment in ballet training programs, more notably in England, Australia and Canada.


Hallberg, David
Pointe (magazine) Dec 2014 - Jan 2015
The Lonely Road of a Danseur
http://www.pointemagazine.com/issues/de ... ad-danseur

Haltom & Worthen 2014
Journal of College Student Development Vol. 55
Male_Ballet_Dancers_and_Their_Performances_of_Heteromasculinity
http://www.academia.edu/8931647/Male_Ba ... asculinity

Reeves 2013
Masters Thesis in psychology [South Africa]
Male Ballet Dancers' Gender Identity Construction: Sexuality and Body
http://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/bitstream/ ... sequence=2

Polasek & Roper 2011
Research in Dance Education Vol. 12
Negotiating The Gay Male Stereotype in Ballet and Modern Dance
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1 ... 011.603047

Fisher, Jennifer 2007
Dance Chronicle Vol. 30 Issue 1: 45-66.
Make it Maverick: Rethinking the ‘Make it Macho’ Strategy for Men in Ballet
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ldnc20/c ... 0601163854

Stonely 2007
A Queer History of the Ballet
http://m.friendfeed-media.com/4b6872d43 ... 408c6c52d8

Weber 2004
Genders Vol. 37
'Oi. Dancing Boy!' Masculinity, Sexuality, and Youth in Billy Elliot
https://web.archive.org/web/20130502175 ... weber.html

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