Interesting article about male dancers in skirts

[binx]

An older article...wonder if it's still happening?

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1083/is_10_74/ai_65862860

binx

[Bob]

Yes, it is still happening. The thing is, you work so hard on your legs in dance. And without skirts as an option, ways to show them off on stage are actually quite limited.

I wore a white tunic and pink tights last Sunday to depict an angel-like character for a dance I made for church. Everyone loved the dance; whether the costume I wore was "masculine" enough was not an issue. Theatrically, it worked.

[Ingemar]

Hi!

I know at least two ballets with men in skirts in them, I have forgotten the name of one of them but the other one is: La fille mal Gardé. I´ll come back with the other one as soon as I find it.
The second one is La Sylphide which is a ballett that takes place in Scotland and all the male dancers are in kilts.

Greetings

Ingemar

[Charlie]

"... maybe if you're a guy and you've been wearing them all your life, living in them when you'd just as soon be wearing something a little different, something new to the office, to climb a tree, to change the oil, to go get a beer--you have a different take on them."

Absolutely - what an enlightened article.

Talking of ballet-wear, I was out for a walk with my wife the other day. We were on the cycle path near Wells when a teenage boy jogged past. He was wearing white tights and a mini tutu. It was probably intended as fancy dress, but good for him for daring to be different :cheer:

Charlie

[Bob]

He was wearing white tights and a mini tutu.

Uhh... I'm gonna express my discomfort with this. He probably had a dancewear fetish. I've seen the dancewear fetish sites, and I think it's kinda weird. Real dancers only wear dancewear in the studio. Of course he can wear whatever he wants in public, but I don't see this as fashion freedom.

The other funny thing is that tutus are only worn on stage, or by really young children in the studio who are playing out their princess fantasy. So that's another reason seeing a tutu in a park is weird to me. Especially by a non-dancer.

[Since1982]

or however it's spelled..lol I was in Vegas last July and saw several "shows" while there. Blue Man Group, Cirque Du soliel or however it's spelled and Penn and Teller ... the Cirque Du Soliel show has lots of skits with men in various skirts and they look right at home in them. Very masculine and smooth dancing with both men and women in skirted garments.:ninjajig: