Back at the Ahmanson, the transformatn of Tchaikovsky's ballet to a gay romance still electrifi wh heartfelt drama and spectacular dancg.
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HOW A GROUP OF GAY MALE BALLET DANCERS IS RETHKG MASCULY
In 2017, the pote shoe maker Gaynor Mn beme the first to offer slippers shas matchg a variety of darker sk ton. “It’s been 10 years sce I joed the pany, and I never thought that I would actually be able to portray a character who was so close to my own life, my own story, and my own journey,” he says.“This beg a gay work, I wanted to make sure that everyone the st was also gay.
“I wanted to make sure that I was offerg an opportuny for a gay person to fally play a role that rembled the life that they lead.”João Menegsi and Calv Royal III Photo: Courty of ABTBorn Jamai, Rudd began his dancg reer Miami at the age of ne. Last October, ught the attentn of Kev McKenzie, artistic director of Amerin Ballet Theatre, who asked Rudd to create a ballet for ABT’s repertory.“The next day I was watchg dancers take class at Lln Center, onstage at the Koch Theater, and h me that I wanted to e this platform to highlight te gay love,” Rudd says. “I saw the men dance across the stage, and I realized this was actually the perfect place to explore this work.” A year earlier, he had choreographed a male-female pas ux for his own pany, and s “overenthiastic” rponse was all the enuragement he need to create a work that more closely rembled his own love stori.To st Touché wh gay dancers, Rudd turned to Instagram, bg through profil of dancers for evince of their romantic liv.