Katy Pyle

Katy Pyle

Nationality	American
Pronouns	she/her[citation needed]
Gender identity	genderqueer lesbian
Occupation	ballet dancer/choreographer

Katy Pyle is an American ballet dancer and choreographer. They are the founder and artistic director of Ballez, which is a "a radically inclusive queer space" for ballet lessons.

Pyle has studied ballet since the age of three. While an undergraduate student at Hollins University, Pyle performed as a drag king and explored post-modern dance forms.

Quotes

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Ballet is a very codified set of postures that was designed to make people look “attractive,” in a certain Western European court system with very particular expectations for how women and men should move. The movements themselves are ridiculous, hyper-gendered costumes that you can put on to your skeleton, like drag. I'm combining those aspects in unexpected ways, for example, taking a really powerful leap and then adding this super femme hand gesture on top of it.

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