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A CALL FOR RESEARCH ARTICLES



Special Issue of Dance Chronicle



“Ballet Is Woman”: But Where Are All the Women Choreographers?



Editors: Joellen A. Meglin and Lynn Matluck Brooks



Publisher: Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group





Balanchine’s words remind us that women fill the rank and file of ballet companies, and their technique and expressivity have contributed greatly to ballet’s historical development. But have women achieved status equal to that of men, who, overwhelmingly, hold positions of artistic or administrative leadership? In the United States at least, the more prominent the ballet company and the greater its budget, the less likely it is to be run by a woman. Was this always so? Why is it so now? What is the status of women in ballet companies across the globe?



We invite research contributions to a special issue of Dance Chronicle dedicated to the theme “‘Ballet Is Woman’: But Where Are All the Women Choreographers?” to be edited by Joellen A. Meglin and Lynn Matluck Brooks. Papers on topics related to the theme of women choreographers, impresarios, and artistic directors in ballet might address, but need not be limited to, topics such as



· What preconceptions affect women’s abilities and educational development as choreographers, impresarios, and artistic directors of ballet companies?



· Have ballet boards, administrators, dancers, critics, audiences, or historians discriminated, intentionally or not, against women’s work as leaders in the ballet world?



· How have women choreographers, impresarios, and/or directors in the past succeeded in scaling power structures in the ballet world? What stories emerge from their efforts and achievements?



· Have there been important choreographies whose neglect may be attributed to the fact that a woman created them?



· Are different standards or criteria applied to the reception of ballets by women choreographers? Should different paradigms of analysis be applied?



· What role has mentorship and/or patronage or the lack thereof played in the development of women’s (or men’s) talents as leaders?



· How might the status of women in ballet be improved as we move forward in the twenty-first century?



All manuscripts will receive double-blind peer review. Submissions will be accepted at any time before March 15, 2011. Send manuscripts or inquiries to Joellen A. Meglin atjmeglin@temple.edu or Lynn Matluck Brooks at lynn.brooks@fandm.edu.

Style and formatting guidelines are available as “Instructions for Authors” at www.informaworld.com/01472526.