ballet
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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviews JOHN CRANKO the brilliant queer dancer and choreographer who found fame in Stuttgart
John Cranko was a brilliant gay South African dancer and choreographer, working in London and Stuttgart during the fifties and sixties. Joachim A. Laing’s stylish German-language film of the same name, starring the captivating Sam Riley (Control, On The Road) in the lead, follows Cranko from his arrival at the Stuttgart Ballet in 1961 to…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews GISELLE REMIX a sexy, lip-synching, queer balletic-dance extravaganza
GISELLE REMIX. ⚝⚝⚝⚝ The Pleasant Theatre ,London Giselle: Remix is a sexy, lip-synching, queer balletic-dance extravaganza by Jack Sears and Hannah Grennell. This fabulous show traces a young queer person’s love/sex journey from teenage dreams of a romantic life with a Prince Charming through to the more likely options of Grindr hook-ups, sex…
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Just Dance : I Don’t Need A Reason: genre busting choreography
Lady Camden of Season 14 of Drag Race shows off her dance prowess in this short video from Nowness directed by filmmaker Luke Willis. I Don’t Need a Reason is one of six collaborative short films, which Willis has directed to accompany specific episodes from the current season. This film is also the only film…
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A perfect Holiday Gift for all those would-be Billy Elliot’s out there
The work of the celebrated multi-award-winning choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne is the real reason why so many of us (young enough!) wanted to become Billy Elliot. His now-legendary SWAN LAKE in which he altered the traditional story to be about a human male falling in love with a male swan, is part of…
