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EN POINTE

oted dancer and ballet artist Roberto Vega Ortiz has been making history as the cofounder (along with Theresa Knudson) of Ballet22. The only ballet company of its kind, it is composed of cisgender and transgender men, and nonbinary artists committed to breaking gender norms in classical ballet — and allowing all dancers to perform en pointe (roles traditionally available exclusively to

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