Word: tutus
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...Boston Ballet's latest performance of "The Sleeping Beauty" is a highly-publicized parade of elegant costumes and graceful classical ballet...and very little else. The layers upon layers of sequins in the dancers' tutus sparkle beautifully, but the show's general atmosphere does not. The show is indeed a marvel to watch...
Instead of allowing the over glamour of Balanchine's choreography to shine through, the talented company looks like dancing fish out of water, in atrocious, spangled satin tutus, no less. Their smiles forced, the company is unable to muster the crucial showy energy to make the piece a success...
...American Festival I," bare limbs characterize the visual scenery more than tutus and tights, and on the rare occasion that toe shoes replace sneakers, they come only in shocking...
...dance community for failing to come out. "I'm tired of choreographers who are gay pretending that they are straight," he says. In his dances, duets are often performed by dancers of the same sex and androgynous dress is pushed to the point where men have worn tutus. Says Morris: "Passing is a way of agreeing with the prevalent culture that gay is a bad thing. I'm out partly because it's the way I am as a guy and partly because it's my responsibility in the public...
Myth #2: Ballet dancers wear stupid, frilly tutus. Nope, not any more. Tutus are the costumes of the past. Today's dancers sport vibrant tights, flowing lace dresses, intricate jacket overlays and even wings...