When I was trying to think of a high
profile female British choreographers to research for my inquiry I was stumped.
I could reel off so many male choreographers but when I was trying to think of
female choreographers I could name a few European and American choreographers
but only 1 or 2 British ones. This is when I came across The Female
Choreographers Collective who are looking in to why there are so few high
profile female choreographers. Although this isn’t directly liked to my inquiry
I thought it was a good point to bring up and feel I could include the Female
Choreographers Collective in my artefact as somewhere for choreographers to
show their work. This would also give male choreographers an opportunity to
show their work as FCC hold events and platforms such as ‘The Experiment’ where
both male and female choreographers are involved.
The article: Dance Ground (2012) The Launch
of the Female Choreographers Collective. Retrieved 13th March 2013.
From
http://www.dance-ground.com/2012/09/the-launch-of-female-choreographers.html brought
up some interesting questions for me. It raised the topic that I had already
been querying ‘In an industry that is
predominately female and in an art form pioneered by women ...Where are
all the female choreographers?’ This led me to ask why?
Although the article doesn’t answer the question it does open up the
opportunity for female choreographers to come together at a platform where the
founders, H.Noble and J.Coulston, are trying to find the answer to this
question whilst giving female choreographers to network and present their
works. I have looked further in to this and have not found any data following
up on this.
This article was written before the platform event by the founders of
FCC. Here we get an insight in to the thought process behind the set up of the
company as well as their mission statement and which direction they want the
company to head. The article is very clear, however, I am not sure how well it
has been circulated and how many female choreographers have seen this so as to
be able to utilise their services. Contact details have been included in the
article so I have emailed them and asking about the outcome of the platform as well
as asking their current theories on why there are not so many high profile
female choreographers. I have not yet had a reply.
