Does Tamara Rojo really think female choreographers are being stifled by sexism?

She Said

English National Ballet

Mariinsky Ballet

Wales Millennium Centre

The Winter’s Tale

Royal Ballet, in rep until 10 June

Tamara Rojo programmed three female choreographers for her English National Ballet spring bill because, she said, she had never danced a ballet by a woman, and wanted to see what women would produce. Just the two begged questions here. First, that female choreographers are being stifled by institutionalised sexism in the ballet establishment.

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TaggedBalanchine, Christopher Wheeldon, ENB, Frida Kahlo, Irek Mukhamedov, Jerome Robbins, Lauren Cuthbertson, Mariinsky Ballet, Royal ballet, Sexism, Tamara Rojo, The Winter’s Tale, Wales Millennium Centre, Wayne McGregor

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Does Tamara Rojo really think female choreographers are being stifled by sexism?

In the battle between men and women choreographers, the Mariinsky’s all-male line-up at the Millennium Centre won out over Rojo’s She Said triple at ENB

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