![]() ![]() ![]() Those shoes "have their challenges," he said, but it's all worth it: "Once you're up and once you start dancing, you're floating, and it feels like flying I think. Peter Boal, artistic director for the Pacific Northwest Ballet, told NPR "ballet can be a little slow," and when Edwards asked to study en pointe, "we said, 'Why not? Lead us and we will work with you.'" It usually takes several years of training before a dancer can put on their en pointe shoes, but after just six months, Edwards had the strength and technique necessary. Abby Jayne DeAngelo Luther DeMyer Ashton Edwards Melisa Guilliams. Non-binary dancer with Pacific Northwest Ballet. Ballet student Ashton Edwards is the rare dancer who is expanding his repertoire and his craft by training to dance in en pointe shoes, once worn only by women. Pacific Northwest Ballet is a ballet company based in Seattle, Washington. Through the rehearsal process, Joshua pushed me and helped me grow into more and more myself. So I decided to explore." Because ballet has such clear divisions between male and female roles, Edwards didn't know if his school would be open to him dancing en pointe, and was thrilled when they were "open and accepting." Ashton spoke with NPR’s Scott Simon on NPRs Weekend Edition his boundary-breaking ballet dreams. "But I think my goals in life and in my career and who I saw myself as a person were much bigger than just one small box I was put in. "It took a lot of searching within myself," Edwards told NPR. He started studying classical ballet at 4, and after years of performing traditional male roles, Edwards became intrigued by the idea of trying something that is traditionally for women: dancing en pointe. 18-year-old Ashton Edwards is an accomplished ballet dancer who moved from Michigan to. Ashton Edwards is a young and talented dancer with Pacific Northwest Ballet. Ashton Edwards is changing ballet for the better.Įdwards, 18, is a member of the Pacific Northwest Ballet's Professional Division in Seattle. A gender-fluid pointe dancer is making history at the Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle, KING 5 reports. ![]()
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