Writing Homework Help

Jackson State University Ballet Migration to America Questions

 

**Required Reading:

Ballet’s Migration to America(find a good article to briefly read about it) And the PDF file I attached

In one page answer the following questions

Critically think about the following: America is built on systems of oppression. Unfortunately, the ballet world has not escaped these systems and ideology. Can you unpack for yourself the following:

How does the ballet world enforce systems of oppression?

Did Balanchine play a role in this? Or did he fight against these historically engrained ideas?

If Balanchine had started the New York City Ballet (NYCB) in another country that wasn’t built on systemic racism… do you think the company would be more racially integrated?