posted by: 8eight8
I have friends in ballet and they are all very aware that they’re fetishized when they’re in their gear. 😁
The audiences during performances have people of various different gender orientations and persuasions who are attracted to the art form for various reasons, and where costumes generally both conceal yet reveal body forms at the same time, male and female. The bodies are lit up in a dark theatre and the bodily forms are objectified and perhaps stereotyped, as illusions are created and formed in the observers’ minds. In class training and rehearsals, dancers are working hard and striving to be their best among their peers and co-workers, who can be straight, bi, gay/les etc., all professionals.