1. Cheerleading
1.1. "extreme strength"
1.2. can have some traditionally "male" aspects
1.3. John's Interview:
1.3.1. played football in high school, cheerleading took same strength
1.3.2. went to South Carolina football game- saw "big" cheerleaders
1.3.3. difficult stunts
1.3.4. "extreme body strength"
1.3.5. women need "elite flexibility and core strength"
1.3.6. men = HUGE
1.4. often perceived as "homosexual" - mennesson
1.5. mennesson - some of the dancers were proud of their strong muscles and claimed they danced in a more energetic way than women
1.6. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2510640/The-girls-lives-hands-Male-cheerleaders-reveal-rigorous-training-takes-make-pom-pom-squad.html
2. Western ideas of dance vs Rest of the world
2.1. mennesson- west indies, africa, and spain are all cultures were dancing is accepted by both women and men and is appreciated/ widely appreciated
2.1.1. flamenco dancing
3. MEDIA AND MEN/DANCE
3.1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK8vVDSSXrA
4. religion
4.1. ritual dances reserved for men usually
5. Gender Identify of a Male Dancer
5.1. "minority"
5.1.1. in dance classes they are generally geared towards girls
5.1.2. "it's hard to be a man in dance. it conveys preconceived ideas, the idea that all male dancers are homosexuals, which is totally absurd" - mennsson
5.1.2.1. "I can't stand people who think that all male dancers are homos, or parents who refuse to sign up their son because they're afraid he'll turn gay"
5.1.3. "queers"
5.1.4. because he's the minority- sometimes women dance teachers will spend more time on them -- pamper them (see page 186 of mennsson)
5.1.5. easier to find a job compared to a women dancer
5.2. SHOULD BE "ASEXUAL" BUT ISN'T
5.3. TRADITION GENDER IDENTITY VS SUBVERSIVE GENDER IDENTITY *****
5.3.1. Traditional
5.3.1.1. not homosexual
5.3.1.2. conformed to dominant culture of the western culture
5.3.1.3. being masculine is important to them
5.3.2. subversive
5.3.2.1. have trouble defining gender categories
5.3.2.2. do not assert their hetrosexuality
6. Ballet
6.1. "Male Voices" video- "boys of Gold Dance School
6.1.1. judgement faced
6.1.1.1. "gay"
6.1.1.2. "i'm just doing what I love"
6.1.1.3. "they are jealous that I'm following my dream"
6.2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOIWk46L2w8
6.3. more of a female activity traditionally - mennesson
6.4. "in ballet, men and women learn the same thing from the technical standpoint. After that, the roles often differ, as in protes, which are mainly for men.
6.5. men have that "extra thing" (page 186) that makes male and female dancing different
6.6. Billy Elliot
7. New vs. Old roles of dance in SOCIETY
7.1. New
7.1.1. stereotypes within being able to dance
7.2. Old
7.2.1. have to know how to dance in order to "woo" a woman
7.2.2. culture was based around dance
8. history of dance
8.1. Monsieur de Saint Hubert "everyone knows that, for the young nobleman to be polished, he must learn to ride, to fence, and to dance. The first skill increases his dexterity, the second his courage, and the last his grace and disposition."
8.2. Renaissance Man
8.2.1. expected to dance well
8.3. King Louis XIV, offered patronage and support to dancing masters --> male dancers were admired for aristocratic manners and deportment of the court
8.4. romantic age - 1830s - decline in male dancing
8.4.1. french poet and critic Theophile Gautier thought that ballet was concerned with "physical pleasure and feminine beauty" and the male dancers he thought were "monstrous and indecent" and could declare "nothing is indeed more abominable than a man displaying his red neck, his thick muscular arms, and legs with calves like a parish beadle's, which his whole heavy, virile frame shudders with his leaps and pirouettes."
8.4.2. HOWEVER- NOT A DECLINE IN SOCIAL SETTINGS!!!
8.4.2.1. polka and waltz, great formal balls
8.4.2.2. traditionally asking a women to dance is still a convention that lasts until this dy