Word: shirkey
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Shirkey emphasizes the subtle difference between ballroom dancing and ballet, a difference which he says effectively separates the social connotations of couples dancing and solo performance for male dancers...
...There's a lot of pressure, from parents and peers, especially when you're young, that says dancing isn't the right thing for a boy to do," Shirkey says...
Male dancers may be taunted for preferring dancing shoes to football cleats, but a traditional macho image can also plague male dancers. Like the protagonist in "Strictly Ballroom," Shirkey says male dancers often find themselves stuck playing the stereotypical dance floor ornament...
...times people just expect the guy to walk on stage and throw the girl around," says Shirkey...
...about trying to get my body to do what I want it to do, within its own limits," Shirkey says...