A Queer History of the Ballet focuses on how, as makers and as audiences, queer men and women have helped to develop many of the texts, images, and legends of ballet. Presenting a series of historical case studies, the book explores the ways in which, from the nineteenth century into the twentieth, ballet has been a means of conjuring homosexuality – of enabling some degree of expression and visibility for people who were otherwise declared illegal and obscene.
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The resources on this page are not a comprehensive list of everything that is available in the library. To find more, try searching the catalog for a specific composer or performer or use search terms such as 'LGBTQIA+ dancers,' 'gay performers,' 'trans playwrights,' or 'LGBTQIA+ Theatre.'
