I have just found this blog and found it very informative, I do disagree with some of the above. Currently, more AD’s are male but in the past this was not the case Sadlers Wells/Royal, NBC, ABT, Dutch National, and many more were founded by women. Neary, Russell, Gielgud, Wilde, Holmes, Mason, all ran companies and LA, MCB, NCB still are. Look at Grand Rapids for the next generation. As for racial minorities in ballet, Chinese, Japanese, even Tartar are in every ballet. Blacks are not very represented, I read they were turned away for having the wrong bodies in the sixties, but I do not think the black community supports ballet. Does Newark have a Nutcracker?