Attracting and Retaining Boys in Ballet: A Qualitative Study of Female Dance Teachers

Autor/inn/en	Clegg, Helen; Owton, Helen; Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn
Titel	Attracting and Retaining Boys in Ballet: A Qualitative Study of Female Dance Teachers
Quelle	In: Journal of Dance Education, 19 (2019) 4, S.158-167 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Clegg, Helen) ORCID (Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1529-0824
DOI	10.1080/15290824.2018.1472381
Schlagwörter	Males; Dance; Dance Education; Foreign Countries; Bullying; Educational Experience; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Student Relationship; Parent Child Relationship; Sex Stereotypes; Social Environment; Student Recruitment; Persistence; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Tanz; Dance; Education; Tanzerziehung; Ausland; Mobbing; Bildungserfahrung; Lehrerverhalten; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Soziales Umfeld; Ausdauer; Großbritannien
Abstract	Dance provides both psychological and physical benefits, and yet many boys miss out due to societal perceptions surrounding the feminization of dance. These perceptions can lead to the bullying of boys who dance. Because dance teachers are in a unique position to engage boys in dance, it is important to investigate their perceptions. This article reports the experiences of ten female dance teachers from the United Kingdom vis-à-vis attracting and retaining boys in dance, especially ballet. Here we focus on three salient themes that emerged from the data: dancing boys in social context, parental and teacher support, and improving the dancing boy's milieu. The dance teachers identified a number of strategies for engaging and retaining boys in ballet, such as privileging boys within the dance studio and improving opportunities to dance in schools. This article posits potential strategies to engage boys in ballet that could potentially empower all genders within the dance world. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01