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Contents:
- NOT THE GAY SWAN LAKE
- PK FEATHERS THE BALLET CLOSET: THREE GAY REMAK OF SWAN LAKE
- MATTHEW BOURNE: ‘I WON’T TAKE MY GAY SWAN LAKE TO RSIA NOW — THEY HAVE GONE BACKWARDS’
- SWAN LAKE REVIEW – DADA MASILO FFL FEATHERS WH GAY REMAKE
NOT THE GAY SWAN LAKE
Back at the Ahmanson, the transformatn of Tchaikovsky's ballet to a gay romance still electrifi wh heartfelt drama and spectacular dancg. * the gay swan lake *
Bourne created the work at a time when a law agast promotg homosexualy still existed England. It’s gone now, but you n see how the swans stroyg one of their own — and his male, human lover — speaks to the homophobic vlence that still exists almost Thursday, the lightg sign of Ple Constable ma Lez Brotherston’s faiar sets and stum look better than ever — though Dunn McLean’s bleary swan-projectns need to be rensired. This moment serv as a llg rd for young gay male dancers to embrace who they are.
PK FEATHERS THE BALLET CLOSET: THREE GAY REMAK OF SWAN LAKE
This chapter explor the tensn at the tersectn of classil ballet and gay cultur. Central to the study is a crique of ballet’s exclnary heterocentrism—“the ballet closet”—exemplified by the image of the classil ballet... * the gay swan lake *
Although this ballet was culturally received as supportg gay rights, Matthew Bourne has explicly nied that this was his only tentn.
MATTHEW BOURNE: ‘I WON’T TAKE MY GAY SWAN LAKE TO RSIA NOW — THEY HAVE GONE BACKWARDS’
Instead of embracg the crics’ labellg of the work as the “Queer Swan Lake, ” he pivots the narrative by announcg that the prce is not a gay man; he is jt a Prce experiencg ner turmoil and the swan reprents the eedom he seeks. My humani moment is not Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake and the joy and inty I found wh , but stead is an terview created for TenduTV 2011 entled "Matthew Bourne: Rehg the Classics and Wng Audienc Over, " durg which he renounced any gay readgs of the work.
Bourne claimed that he don’t want his Swan Lake visn to be labeled as “jt a gay story, ” choosg stead to emphasize s universal appeal, and of urse implyg the procs that gay stori are only suable for gay dienc. I believe that the protagonist’s sexualy do not tract om the work’s appeal, stead humaniz the gay muny by showg their wants and stggl. Today, I have seen many pani prised of mostly gay men steer away om beg labeled a gay pany for fear of beg ostracized by a mastream dience.
Homosexual men who have given their liv to the craft of ballet long for proud reprentatn, and was a tragedy that Bourne chose to take this away om , even as he so obvly put on stage. Dpe Bourne’s rejectn of gay terpretatns of his work, I believe the evince for that meang is too clear to ny. I see two betiful men embracg each other a tenr way that, y, maybe shouldn’t have to be labeled as gay, but I clung to this break om tradn as a sign of romantic acceptance.
SWAN LAKE REVIEW – DADA MASILO FFL FEATHERS WH GAY REMAKE
While I agree that cultural tradns of heteronormativy handip young mds, and that is wrong to tomatilly label male timacy, or anythg a male do outsi the macho sensibily, as feme or gay, the romantic overton of Bourne’s work are unniable. Dmmond stat: “In a broar ntext, (Matthew Bourne) also forc a long-simmerg relatnship between homosexualy and dance out of the closet and to mastream popular culture” (Dmmond 2003). For the reasons, and many others, gay men - a group of dividuals wantg to be accepted - still claim and clg to Bourne’s work even as he fails to return the embrace.
Bourne’s Swan Lake was a talyst for gay men wantg to dance as themselv the ballet world, and the succs of the work addnally prov that two men dancg together a lovg and timate way n be betiful and marketable.
Young gay boys dreamg of dancg profsnally will ntue to clg to this work, dreamg to one day experience this type of eedom. " Journal of Homosexualy, 45:2-4, 235-255, DOI: 10. You are here: Home / dance / Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake: mutatns, vls and homosexualySwan Lake, Marisky Theatre, 1895.