Queensland Ballet recently sounded the alarm to bring boys back to the ballet studio after seeing a 36 percent drop in male enrolments to Queensland Ballet Academy since 2020. When ballet boys have always been few and far between, this statistic is definitely a concern. We spoke to Queensland Ballet Academy Artistic Director Christian Tàtchev […]

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This month, Queensland Ballet launched The Ballet Boys Project, a series of initiatives designed to explore and address the decline of boys in ballet and dance. Since 2020, Queensland Ballet Academy has seen a 36 percent decline in male enrolments, a downward trend that Christian Tàtchev, Director of Queensland Ballet Academy, observes is evident across the professional […]

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