The stereotypil profsnal male dancer is a gay man. However, ltle if any systematic rearch has vtigated the validy of this stereotype, much ls the reasons why male sexual orientatn would be associated wh tert dance. We terviewed 136 profsnal dancers about the preval …
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The ntent he shar wh the dienc ti together his classil ballet trag wh his inty as a gay man. The stereotypil profsnal male dancer is a gay man. We terviewed 136 profsnal dancers about the prevalence of homosexualy among dancers, the dancers' own sexual velopment, and relatnships between dancers of different sexual orientatns.
Dancers timated that over half of male dancers are gay, but that only a small mory of female dancers are lbian. Gay men relled more tense early tert dance pared to heterosexual men and women, and were more feme as boys than were heterosexual men.
Gay men's homosexual feelgs typilly preced their dance experience, and only one gay man felt that his dance experienc may have fluenced his sexual orientatn. Heterosexual men voiced some d plats about gay male dancers, but the were balanced by posive sentiments. Homosexualy and dance: relatns to AIDS and Hawai'i.