Summary of Chloe Angyal's Turning Pointe

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#1 Ballet is a staple of American childhood, and the popularity of televised dance competitions like So You Think You Can Dance and Dancing with the Stars has helped create a growing market for private dance education.

#2 The ballet competition scene was a rapidly growing industry before the pandemic, and it is not only the stories of the lucky and talented few who become professional ballet dancers that matter. The stories of all ballet’s dancers, who learn what it means to be a woman, deserve our attention.

#3 Ballet is a dance that requires focus and discipline. It requires students to practice their movements dozens of times before they perfect them. It is a place for students to learn and perfect new skills.

#4 Ballet students are rarely allowed to talk to or interact with each other in class, and are instead supposed to watch the teacher or look at themselves in the mirror. They learn norms about how to be students and girls, and how to be women, from this structure.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 10, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822537514

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Ballet is a staple of American childhood, and the popularity of televised dance competitions like So You Think You Can Dance and Dancing with the Stars has helped create a growing market for private dance education.

#2

The ballet competition scene was a rapidly growing industry before the pandemic, and it is not only the stories of the lucky and talented few who become professional ballet dancers that matter. The stories of all ballet’s dancers, who learn what it means to be a woman, deserve our attention.

#3

Ballet is a dance that requires focus and discipline. It requires students to practice their movements dozens of times before they perfect them. It is a place for students to learn and perfect new skills.

#4

Ballet students are rarely allowed to talk to or interact with each other in class, and are instead supposed to watch the teacher or look at themselves in the mirror. They learn norms about how to be students and girls, and how to be women, from this structure.

#5

The ideal ballet dancer is silent, observant, and obedient. She is white, and if she is not wealthy, then she at least moves as if she is. She adheres to ballet’s strict gender binary.

#6

Ballet, like many other arts, has a hidden curriculum that teaches girls to be silent, pliant, and sweet. Those who don’t fit this mold are either pushed out or punish their own