Dance Magazine: For five years now, Final Bow for Yellowface has been working to rid ballet of offensive Asian stereotypes. But the organization's goals have always gone deeper than simply updating costumes or makeup. "It's about what is Asianness onstage—who is given authority, what is considered 'high art'? And how that translates to the daily lives of Asian people outside the theater," says co-founder Phil Chan.
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I think it’s amazing that the work to include Asian talent in ballet is starting to pick up. I do believe that it shouldn’t be an Asian person’s job to work for equality for Asian people. This is the same belief I have for all POC that hope for true equality. However, I do understand that sometimes you have to do the work yourself. One thing that I found shocking in the article was the comment that all ballet companies must hire an Asian choreographer by 2025. I understand that finding a choreographer for a mainstage is difficult to begin with due to the wide variety of talent in the ballet industry. However, I can’t imagine why hiring an Asian choreographer would be so difficult so as to need 4 years to do so especially when you have Ballet’s set in Asia with Asian characters. It is quite frustrating that it’s so much work to have Asian artists be seen equally as often and as equally as talented as white artists. At the same time, however, it’s really reassuring to see that work is physically being done to reach the goal of equality.
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