Word: maleness
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...finally made it to beach volleyball. Many of my male journalist friends had been studiously covering the sport in Beijing. One of these colleagues even caught a cold from his assiduous following of the rainy women's final between the red bikinis - a.k.a. China - and the white bikinis - a.k.a. the U.S. (The lighter-hued bikinis prevailed.) Friday was gloriously sunny, so I figured it would be a good time to check out the vibe at the men's gold-medal match between Brazil and the U.S. Sure enough, the radio reporter in front of me was broadcasting shirtless. (In case...
...What will Hello Kitty be doing in 10 years? Catherine G. Pilie, Covington, La. In 10 years' time, everybody around the world will know her. Also, the number of male and female fans will be the same. Men who are still reluctant to be seen with Kitty in public today might be wearing Hello Kitty boxers. But they will eventually stop being shy and will show off Kitty proudly...
...HoriPro, a Tokyo-based entertainment company that has presented Bourne's work in Japan, the appeal lies in the universality of his themes. Expressing human feelings through movement is a feature of traditional Japanese Noh plays, and familiarity with Kabuki drama, in which female parts are played by male actors, has made Bourne's Swan Lake instantly comprehensible to Japanese audiences. In addition, says Kanamori, there's "the uniqueness of his ideas. For instance, the huge cake set in Nutcracker, and the dancing hedges in Edward Scissorhands. Cuteness and decadence exist together, which suits Japanese people's taste...
...despite living a debauched and ultimately murderous life. Up in a locked attic, however, his portrait grows increasingly hideous, as each of his crimes leaves its mark. For several years, Bourne turned the story over in his mind. One of the elements that fascinated him was its treatment of male beauty. "You have it, and then you lose it," he says, recalling his own youth as a dancer in London. "I identify with that from my early clubbing days. The power that you felt walking in - like you ruled the world!" The obvious flaw of the book, as Bourne...
...Bourne dates the beginning of his international career to an evening in 1997, when Gordon Davidson, founding artistic director of the Center Theater Group in Los Angeles, went to see a London production of Swan Lake, with its cast of virile, threatening male swans. "I was amazed by what he'd done," recalls Davidson, who retired in 2005. "I said to myself, we have to do it - somehow." He brought the piece over to L.A.'s 2,000-seat Ahmanson Theater, whose audience was more used to touring Broadway shows than experimental dance. But when Davidson wrote...