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Wh a twirl of his skirt, Jab Soto taps his strappy high-heels time to the mic, the very image of his all-gay dance pany's bold reventn

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GAY DANCE PANY REVENTS MEXI’S ‘FOLK BALLET’

En la danza ntemporánea, por otra parte, sí hay algunos exponent fuert en Méxi o Raúl Flor Canelo n su Ballet Inpendiente y, sobre todo, José Rivera n la Cebra Danza Gay’. Hace once años, el gpo era parte un ciclo anizado por la Universidad Nacnal Autónoma Méxi n motivo l Día Mundial ntra la Homofobia.

‘La pañía nació si manera accintal, en 2011, por una vación la UNAM para nmemorar el día mundial ntra la homofobia’. Tampo hemos evadido el tema las relign y la homosexualidad o, cuando ha todo, hemos abordado el zor humano en las faias nutra región cuando enentan el tema la preferencia sexual uno s más jóven miembros.

Their performanc are an effort to ph back agast the stutnalized homophobia that LGBTQ muni face every day Mexi. Four years ago, UNAM ved me to celebrate the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia wh a group of dancers, by creatg a folclor piece wh gay them.

GAY DANCE PANY REVENTS MEXI'S 'FOLK BALLET'

Well that first night at the universy the dience was primarily gay. Audienc om the gay muny, dance muny and other clive anizatns have ved to events for other dienc and ’s been succsful. Speakg om your own experienc and the group’s experienc, how do you see culture and mic nontg homophobia and machismo Lat Amerin untri?

Homophobia and machismo is so graed our Lat Amerin untri. We would love to brg our shows all over Mexi, spe the fact that we know many plac still have homophobia. Wh a twirl of his skirt, Jab Soto taps his strappy high-heels time to the mic, the very image of his all-gay dance pany’s bold reventn of Mexi’s tradnal folk danc.

Instead of virile men sombreros twirlg daty women flowg skirts around the floor, some 20 gay men play both rol, mixg the highly technil tradnal steps wh morn dance. It is a darg project a untry where folk dance is revered and machismo and homophobia loom large.

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