ABSTRACT
Today one might answer this question in a number of ways, depending upon point of view and the sort of dance with which one is familiar. One might feel distaste at macho displays of male energy on the dance stage – what are they trying to prove? and so on. Or one might feel that male dancers are generally a disappointment – they just don’t look very
experience of class, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and so on. Then there are those who do enjoy watching male dance, and wish there were more male dancers around to watch. In the area of modern and experimental dance during the twentieth century, a large number of male dancers did not actually discover dancing until their late teens or early twenties. This is undoubtedly largely the result of prejudices against the male dancer.
