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Top British Dance School Scraps Ballet Auditions Saying It's 'White & Elitist'

A top British dance school has dropped ballet from its auditions after branding it an ‘elitist art form’, built around ‘white European ideas and body shapes’. The Northern School of Contemporary Dance (NSCD) reviewed the dance as part of a wider plan to ‘decolonise the curriculum’, and consider the impact of race and gender on dance. The Leeds-based school will...