Heard of the Bechdel Test? How many ballets would pass?

[Ian Macmillan]

I'd never come across the Bechdel Checklist (or Test) until I found this for today's Links - what do people make of it?  Has the test been run on ballet before to anyone's knowledge?

 

http://www.thedancecurrent.com/column/bechdel-checklist

 

 

 

 

[Josephine]

The original Bechdel Test has certainly featured in twitter conversations about ballet on occasion.

 

La Fille mal gardée just about passes this Bechdel checklist for ballet, complicated only by Widow Simone being danced by a man!

Edited July 1, 2018 by Josephine

[The Sitter In]

Le Corsaire ticks all three boxes

[Jan McNulty]

Hello The Sitter In and welcome to the Forum!

 

I agree with you that the joyous Le Corsaire ticks all the boxes.