A Queer History of the Ballet

This is the first book-length study to trace the historical connections between ballet and homosexuality.

Peter Stoneley

Introduction 1. Components: Spaces, Bodies, Movement 2. Nuns and Fairies 3. Swans 4. Queer Modernity 5. New York and the "Closed Shop" 6. The Prima and Her Fans 7. Dance of the Sailors. Conclusion