Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterHeavily inked Ukrainian ballet star Sergei Polunin has something of a reputation as ballet’s ‘bad boy’. He is temperamental, outspoken and evidently will not suffer fools gladly even if that means giving up a lucrative position as a Royal Ballet principal dancer. To the world outside of ballet he is known for his stunning … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterLast summer we got to preview a movie that was so wonderfully refreshing that it blew our socks off and we felt the need to share the news even before it was released. 31-year-old Mexican writer /director Sergio Tovar Velarde’s remarkable film Cuatro Lunas aka Four Moons chronicled four stories about love, heartbreak and self-acceptance. What … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterAlice aka Ryan Neves dances the night away as performer in a Club in Recife in Northern Brazil and in this video by former photojournalist Bárbara Wagner he does a routine using a local dance style known as Faz que vai (Set To Go) step. Set to an original composition by the Bomba do Hemetério … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterIf The Glory is the epicenter of the best in alternative queer performance, then Sex/Crime premieres in its spiritual home. The sharp, precise and witty script (from actor/playwright Alexis Gregory) ensures a hypnotic momentum to the action from the start and the pace rarely slips. Sex/Crime is an inky black comedy (think Joe Orton’s What … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterFor the most part good drag performers make for good TV. Having just previewed Epsiode 1 of a brand new series called SHADE that goes inside New York’s drag community, we cannot yet testify what these set of queens are like on stage, but when they are strutting their stuff around the city, they … Continue reading