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I've done ballet for 22+ years out of my 30 years on this planet. Today, I know that one of the leads in the local ballet I am in is a trans man. I'd never met openly queer dancers before, so I certainly hadn't seen them accepted at a studio, especially in a way that casts a man in a role on pointe while also not questioning that he is a man. Happy Pride, it keeps getting better, even these days
that sounds like a lovely and accepting space to dance with!
ok time to jump on the bandwagon.
do you have anything in common with me?
I hate cheese
me and my partner are bi4bi
I listen to CDs in the car
I’ve watched salamander mating in the wild
I have 30-40 houseplants (no I don’t have an exact count)
I got stung by 3+ wasps last year
I do ballet
none of these
2 of these
3+ of these (hello bestie)
It's tutu day!!! Here's two tutus for 2/2/22!
Some stretching pictures for ya:
NO NSFW/18+ PLEASE I'M A MINOR TYYY
Hello new friends!!!! Thank you so much for stopping by.
My name is Em and I am a queer professional ballet dancer based in CA/NYC. I forgot I made this blog so long ago, but I’ll do my best to be more active and answer your lovely messages and questions!
A little QB history:
My good friend and then-partner Jess and I started the Queer Ballerinas Instagram page and blog in January 2017. Our goal was/is to create more LGBTQ+ representation in the ballet world. Being queer (I use this as an umbrella term), especially queer femme and trans/nonbinary, can be such an isolating experience in the ballet world due to its historically heteronormative and rigidly gendered culture.
As of now, I’m dancing and teaching as much as I can from both coasts as well as running the QB online pages, coordinating meetups, and learning how to produce a PODCAST (coming early 2019, woo!). If you’d like to keep up with Jess, she’ll happily welcome you to her website or IG page, Queer Ballet Collective.
If you’d like to read previous blog posts and learn more about how QB came to be, feel free to visit the QB website. You’ll find loads more information there :-)
If you have any questions or just want to say hello, please do reach out!
Much love to all,
Em
(PS: Photography by Joerg Didlap)
Helloooo! Welcome to the Queer Ballerinas tumblr. I’m Em. My beautiful girlfriend Jess and I are queer professional ballerinas from the US. Our goal is to create more visibility and equal opportunity for LGBTQIA folks in the professional ballet field. Whether you’re out, closeted, or questioning... you’re seen, valid, and looooved here! Feel free to reach out and say hey, and as always, keep dancing queer fam.
