Back at the Ahmanson, the transformatn of Tchaikovsky's ballet to a gay romance still electrifi wh heartfelt drama and spectacular dancg.
Contents:
- DANCE; 'SWAN LAKE': IS IT THEATER OR DANCE, GAY OR STRAIGHT?
- LET'S HAVE A REAL GAY ROMEO OM MATTHEW BOURNE
DANCE; 'SWAN LAKE': IS IT THEATER OR DANCE, GAY OR STRAIGHT?
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. Today marks 50 years sce the Stonewall rts, which kicked off the first major monstratns for gay rights Ameri.
LET'S HAVE A REAL GAY ROMEO OM MATTHEW BOURNE
Fifty years ago, on 28 June 1969, police raid the Stonewall Inn New York Cy's Greenwich Village, but bar patrons – gay men and drag queens – fought back, a spontaneo cint which is now marked as the begng of the gay rights movement the Uned Stat.