BalletNova celebrates the contributions of the LGBTQ community to the world of dance.

Banner photos (l to r):

• Kiara DeNae Felder
• Alvin Ailey
• Gina Gibney
• Lester Horton
• Josephine Baker
• Emma Portner
• Erik Bruhn

Kiara DeNae Felder

• Photo: Sasha Onyshchenko
• Biography: Kiara DeNae Felder
• Pride and Dance

Alvin Ailey

• Photo: Norman Maxon
• Biography: Alvin Ailey
• A Timeline of Alvin Ailey's 60 Years of Brilliance
• Highlighting Black LGBTQ Pioneers: Alvin Ailey
• The Life of Alvin Ailey
• Biography: Alvin Ailey
• Revelations: Alvin Ailey Dance Theater

Gina Gibney

• Photo: Stephanie Diani
• The Force Awakens
• Gibney Dance Company

Lester Horton

• Photo: Unknown
• Lester Horton
• Remembering Lester Horton

Josephine Baker

• Photo: H. Roger-Viollet
• Biography: Josephine Baker
• Josephine Baker Activism History
• Josephine Baker First Black Woman Buried France Pantheon

Emma Portner

• Photo: Alexander Black
• Emma Portner Femme Debut
• Peridance Faculty Profile: Emma Portner
• Emma Portner Talks Her Relationship to Dance — And to Her Husband, Elliot Page
• Emma Portner | Choreographer Spotlight

Erik Bruhn

• Photo: Alfredo Valente
• Making Queer History: Erik Bruhn
• Nureyev's Admiration for Erik Bruhn
• The Erik Bruhn Prize

Other articles

• Lesbians in Ballet
• LGBTQ Ballet Dancers
• LGBTQ Dance Choreographers