Template:Did you know nominations/Georgina Pazcoguin


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:34, 21 April 2019 (UTC)

Georgina Pazcoguin

 * ... that New York City Ballet's Georgina Pazcoguin co-founded an initiative to combat Asian stereotypes in ballet productions such as The Nutcracker? Source: "... a movement led by Pazcoguin and Chan, a former dancer, calling on everyone in the ballet community to speak up against outdated depictions of Asians in 'The Nutcracker' and other productions."  Source: "Pazcoguin, along with former dancer and arts administrator Phil Chan, is back with a new campaign. Final Bow For Yellowface is an online platform dedicated to educating companies and schools on how to veer away from offensive Asian stereotypes (yellowface) and providing resources on how to make those changes."
 * ALT1:... that Georgina Pazcoguin branded herself as "The Rogue Ballerina" as a means of embracing the qualities that make her stick out in the dance community, such as her body type and ethnicity? Source: "I know what it's like to be the outlier in the rehearsal room. That's where my branding "The Rogue Ballerina" came from: recognizing my differences, be it the shape of my body or the shade of my skin, which others have seen as negative, and spinning them into positive attributes."
 * ALT2:... that Georgina Pazcoguin, New York City Ballet's "Rogue Ballerina", considers herself to be the "complete antithesis" of the ballet dancer stereotype? Source: "Despite being lumped into this whole 'Ballerina [...]' stereotype of today. I view myself as the complete antithesis of that idea. Think of me as 'The Rogue Ballerina.'" "Pazcoguin identifies with the moniker 'Rogue Ballerina.'"
 * ALT3:... that when New York City Ballet's Georgina Pazcoguin was a child, she used to put on performances of The Nutcracker with her siblings in their basement? Source: "I would do whole productions of Nutcracker in my basement. My brother would be the Mouse King, and I would do every other part and give Christina, my baby sister, Clara."
 * Reviewed: Did you know nominations/Boltenia villosa

Created by Bennv3771 (talk). Self-nominated at 09:18, 29 March 2019 (UTC).