When Roberto Bolle popped out and of the closet four years ago ter foms and gossip rags foamed at the mouth. Openly gay ballet dancers, like openly
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- GAY BALLET STAR MARCELO GOM RIGNS AFTER SEXUAL MISNDUCT ALLEGATNTHE AMERIN BALLET THEATRE DANCER RECENTLY CELEBRATED 20 YEARS WH THE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY BRANDON VOSSDECEMBER 23, 2017/1:49 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}ANDREW TOTH/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NY - MAY 22: MARCELO GOM ATTENDS THE AMERIN BALLET THEATRE SPRG 2017 GALA AT THE METROPOLAN OPERA HOE ON MAY 22, 2017 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY ANDREW TOTH/GETTY IMAG)BY BRANDON VOSSDECEMBER 23, 2017 / 1:49 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GAY BALLET STAR MARCELO GOM RIGNS AFTER SEXUAL MISNDUCT ALLEGATN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-12-23T18:49:28.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-12-23T18:49:28.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRANDON VOSS","KEYWORDS":"THEATER","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARCELO GOM, A DISTGUISHED PRCIPAL DANCER WH AMERIN BALLET THEATRE, HAS RIGNED AMID A FORMAL VTIGATN TO AN ALLEGATN OF SEXUAL MISNDUCT, THE WASHGTON POST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ABT BOARD CHAIRMAN ANDREW F. BARTH HAS RELEASED A STATEMENT SPECIFYG ONLY THAT THE "HIGHLY NCERNG" ALLEGED CINT OCCURRED ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO BUT “DO NOT VOLVE ANY CURRENT OR FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ABT MUNY, ASI OM MR. GOM, AND DID NOT OCCUR RELATN TO HIS EMPLOYMENT DUTI WH THE COMPANY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A NATIVE OF BRAZIL, GOM, 38, CELEBRATED 20 YEARS WH THE PRTIG DANCE PANY THIS PAST SUMMER. HIS NAME HAS NOW BEEN REMOVED OM ALL UPG PERFORMANC LISTED ON ABT’S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THIS IS A TIME OF REFLECTN FOR MARCELO," SAYS A SPOKWOMAN FOR GOM. "HE IS GRATIFIED AND STRENGTHENED BY THE SUPPORT HE HAS RECEIVED OM FAY, IENDS AND LLEAGU."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GOM HAD ALSO BEEN CREATG A NEW WORK FOR WASHGTON BALLET THAT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR JULIE KENT SAYS WILL PROCEED AS PLANNED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE DANCER ME OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY A 2003 VER STORY WH THE ADVOTE. HIS LONGTIME PARTNER, CHOREOGRAPHER AND DANCE TEACHER NICK PALMQUIST, LEFT HIS WIFE FOR GOM.GETTY IMAG<> ON OCTOBER 23, 2011 COSTA MA, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANATOMY OF A MALE BALLET DANCER, A NEW DOCUMENTARY ABOUT GOM, IS SLATED TO OPEN JANUARY 3, 2018, AT FILM FOM NEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- IN AND OUT: BOLLE, GOM, STIEFEL – HOW EASY IS TO BE AN OPENLY GAY BALLET DANCER?
GAY BALLET STAR MARCELO GOM RIGNS AFTER SEXUAL MISNDUCT ALLEGATNTHE AMERIN BALLET THEATRE DANCER RECENTLY CELEBRATED 20 YEARS WH THE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY BRANDON VOSSDECEMBER 23, 2017/1:49 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}ANDREW TOTH/GETTY IMAGNEW YORK, NY - MAY 22: MARCELO GOM ATTENDS THE AMERIN BALLET THEATRE SPRG 2017 GALA AT THE METROPOLAN OPERA HOE ON MAY 22, 2017 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY ANDREW TOTH/GETTY IMAG)BY BRANDON VOSSDECEMBER 23, 2017 / 1:49 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GAY BALLET STAR MARCELO GOM RIGNS AFTER SEXUAL MISNDUCT ALLEGATN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-12-23T18:49:28.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-12-23T18:49:28.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRANDON VOSS","KEYWORDS":"THEATER","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARCELO GOM, A DISTGUISHED PRCIPAL DANCER WH AMERIN BALLET THEATRE, HAS RIGNED AMID A FORMAL VTIGATN TO AN ALLEGATN OF SEXUAL MISNDUCT, THE WASHGTON POST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ABT BOARD CHAIRMAN ANDREW F. BARTH HAS RELEASED A STATEMENT SPECIFYG ONLY THAT THE "HIGHLY NCERNG" ALLEGED CINT OCCURRED ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO BUT “DO NOT VOLVE ANY CURRENT OR FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ABT MUNY, ASI OM MR. GOM, AND DID NOT OCCUR RELATN TO HIS EMPLOYMENT DUTI WH THE COMPANY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A NATIVE OF BRAZIL, GOM, 38, CELEBRATED 20 YEARS WH THE PRTIG DANCE PANY THIS PAST SUMMER. HIS NAME HAS NOW BEEN REMOVED OM ALL UPG PERFORMANC LISTED ON ABT’S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THIS IS A TIME OF REFLECTN FOR MARCELO," SAYS A SPOKWOMAN FOR GOM. "HE IS GRATIFIED AND STRENGTHENED BY THE SUPPORT HE HAS RECEIVED OM FAY, IENDS AND LLEAGU."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GOM HAD ALSO BEEN CREATG A NEW WORK FOR WASHGTON BALLET THAT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR JULIE KENT SAYS WILL PROCEED AS PLANNED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE DANCER ME OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY A 2003 VER STORY WH THE ADVOTE. HIS LONGTIME PARTNER, CHOREOGRAPHER AND DANCE TEACHER NICK PALMQUIST, LEFT HIS WIFE FOR GOM.GETTY IMAG<> ON OCTOBER 23, 2011 COSTA MA, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANATOMY OF A MALE BALLET DANCER, A NEW DOCUMENTARY ABOUT GOM, IS SLATED TO OPEN JANUARY 3, 2018, AT FILM FOM NEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Marc Gom is an actor, wrer, and teacher. In Augt 2018, he joed the Department of Theatre Arts at Itha College as Assistant Profsor of Actg. Marc's reer as an actor began on stage Canada notable productns of As You Like It, A Slow Dance On the Killg Ground, Edmond, A Taste of Honey, The Gayn Chronicl, Sweet like Suga and the North Amerin premiere of Ryszard Kapcski’s The Emperor. He has starred several televisn seri cludg, The Crow: Stairway to Heaven created for televisn by Bryce Zabel for Polygram/ Universal; Sue Thomas: FBeye; ABC’s Commanr Chief; Lightng Force, produced by Bob Rheme and Mace Nfeld and Chasg Rabows for the CBC. He has also been seen on Crimal Mds, Medium, Dexter, and recently Goliath on Amazon. nm0326928 As Third Space Performance Lab wh scholar/performer, Shanti Pillai, Marc looks forward the Oct '22 prentatn of, To the Amy, a multi-media performance to be staged at The Clark Instute Williamstown, MA. Third Space has performed at GATI Instute Delhi, UC Berkeley, UCLA, USC's Roski Talks, Brown Universy and Cal State Long Beach. In 2016, Third Space were artists-- rince at Brown Universy and RISD's, CoLab, a summer stute for llaborative performance. In 2016, Pillai and Gom directed, Bird the Hand by Je Ignat Cortãs. In 2010, Marc and chef Joe DiMagg Jr. wrote and created The Lost Chronicl of Food for broadst TV. The show highlights the foodways and okg methods that ntributed to the velopment of early human societi and cultur. MaxMedia and Odyssey Entertament veloped the project for televisn. In 2009 Marc received a UNIDO Cematic & Entreprenrial Motivatn Award (CEMA) for his screenplay adaptatn of the classic Caribbean novel, Corentyne Thunr by Edgar Mtelholzer. The CEMA was prented to film makers whose work was reprentative of emergg voic Caribbean cema. In 2002 Marc’s short film, Stir Crazy, played film ftivals across North Ameri. Gom has served as a Development Commtee member, an origal teachg-artist, and director wh The Unual Spects Theater Company sce 1996. The Unual Spects brgs theater makg skills to rcerated and unrserved young people Los Angel as a means to foster self-nfince, and cultural and racial tolerance. Marc is a recipient of the Distguished Guyane-Amerin Award, prented by Guyana’s Consul General to the Uned Stat. He is an avid cyclist and bicyclg advote. * marcelo gomes gay *
"Gom had also been creatg a new work for Washgton Ballet that artistic director Julie Kent says will proceed as planned dancer me out publicly as gay a 2003 ver story wh The Advote. Marc's reer as an actor began on stage Canada notable productns of As You Like It, A Slow Dance On the Killg Ground, Edmond, A Taste of Honey, The Gayn Chronicl, Sweet like Suga and the North Amerin premiere of Ryszard Kapcski’s The Emperor.
IN AND OUT: BOLLE, GOM, STIEFEL – HOW EASY IS TO BE AN OPENLY GAY BALLET DANCER?
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