Ballet history has always been queer
Ballerina Eugenie Fiocre as a matador circa 1860
Throughout the history, ballet has diverged from cisheteronormativity. This site is dedicated to highlighting examples of historical ballet queerness. Dive in to learn more about the ways that queerness and LGBTQ+ identity have woven through ballet history.
Cisheteronormativity:
the social and structural elements under which identification and/or behavior as cisgender and heterosexual are privileged, idealized and normalized over other identities and behaviors
Queer Ballet History 