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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just remember school is not company. The company is quite diverse, they have worked hard to make it that way.

The school is voluntary sign up, and no mid level ballet school is going to go recruiting  students (except for PTP - and I don’t know the demographic breakdown of PTP) - promoting the SE campus is probably the most you should expect. [/quote]

They have the numbers in the school, even NW is pretty diverse. If no POC kids are auditioning, maybe it's because they're not being seen in the better roles? [/quote]

Or maybe because they don’t want to make the commitment to Nutcracker? So many families opt out of Nutcracker because it requires such a huge time commitment — this is all families. You start with fewer families of color in general, then you take away all of those families who opt out of Nutcracker then you’re left with way fewer families compared to white families. It’s a numbers game. I disagree with PP about 50% of dancers in “major” student roles needing to be dancers of color. How do you define that exactly? Are you talking about just Black dancers? Or Black and brown dancers? And if brown, which groups — south Asian, too? And what about kids who are mixed race, but don’t present as Black and/Brown? Do they count? Or just kids who are visibly of color? You can see the slippery slope here….  [/quote]

D[b]oing nothing about it is not the answer.[/b] [/quote]

Please tell us exactly what you would do (instead of criticizing)[/quote]

Look at who is behind the scenes in the audition room, how many people of color are decision makers? It should be at least half. I think Julie made great gains and was a progressive thinker, but maybe they need to find a black Artistic Director. And then do what Hollywood claims to do. Make a clear goal of what you want the cast to look like in an ideal world and look for that during the auditions. I guarantee they'll find what they're looking for, there are plenty of talented black and brown dancers do are being overlooked at both the NW and SE school.

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that's not happening in the world of ballet.  That many talented black decision-makers with ballet backgrounds and decision-making experience do not exist.  What black artistic director (must be a full-on ballet person plus management skills and proven track record at running a company both from a human point and a financial one) would you suggest they hire?[/quote]

What was Julie Kent's experience before coming on board as the Artistic Director of Washington Ballet? Why can't Ashley Murphy and Nardia Boodoo be a part of the casting team? If TWSB never lifts up their black students, how will we ever get to the point where this is possible in the world of ballet? Even if you're white, don't do you want your child to be a part of a more equitable school and company? [/quote]

+100000000 to infinity [/quote]

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