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[Catherine]

I saw a ballet called Genus. It is inspired by Darwin and the idea of evolution. Genus is the level before Species. Many adaptations occur at that level before a species fills its niche. It then goes on to express the adaptions in its own way. If a species over specializes, it is unable to adapt to change and doesn't survive. Species that still retain some of the potential of the genus level  have a stronger chance of survival.

They expressed all this through dance.

In some ways Ballet is an art form that has developed and filled a niche, but it has the flexibility to change and adapt to new material. The things that make it uniquely ballet do survive, but ballet can be expressed in different ways. So ballet the art form is able to do the classics like Swan Lake and do something very different like Genus. Ballet will survive which is the ultimate test of evolution.