Dance Data Project

About Dance Data Project® (DDP) Since February 2019, DDP has now released six data based studies examining gender inequities in the in the country's 50 largest ballet companies. Women make up seventy percent of the audience and donor base of classical ballet companies. Unlike areas like tech or the sciences, there is a huge pipeline of women in the ballet. Girls outnumber boys in ballet classes approximately 20-1. Yet there are few career opportunities for women beyond performing on stage or teaching. Women rarely get top jobs at the nation's 50 largest ballets and when they do, they are usually significantly underpaid compared to men who do the same jobs.