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The all-male ballet troupe shatters gender stereotypes with premiere of Breaking Ground Rachel Howard December 17, 2020Updated: December 19, 2020, 12:42 am
Evan Ambrose and Duane Gosa rehearse a pas de deux from “Swan Lake,” part of Ballet22’s inaugural streaming performances. Photo: Ballet22
Over the summer, as the isolation of the pandemic wore on, Roberto Vega Ortiz posted a video of himself dancing in satin pointe shoes on Instagram, with the hashtag #maleballerinas. Soon, men from around the world were posting videos with the same hashtag, sharing footage of themselves sometimes bare-chested and sometimes in tutus dancing en pointe in Mexico, Germany, Brazil, Chile and throughout the U.S.