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Pride and Billy Elliot: same strike, contrasting portrayals
July 5, 2024Both Billy Elliot and Pride are set during the pivotal 1984-5 Miners’ Union strike in northern England, where miners struggled for over a year against the implacable Thatcher government to win better working conditions.
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Being Black and gay in the USA: Interview with dancer Diego Mugler
June 29, 2021“I was afraid of being feminine. I just mastered this balancing act at 32 years of age. The things you may hide from some people are the same things that other people will celebrate and love,...
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The ‘Icon’-ic roots of LGBTQ street culture
June 23, 2021Thanks to Jamil Icon and other members of the ballroom community, the world is finally getting to know the working-class Black and brown roots of contemporary LGBTQ culture.
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Reverencia a la eterna ‘Giselle’, Alicia Aloso
October 21, 2019Alicia Alonso, la leyenda del ballet que creó en gran medida la danza clásica en su Cuba natal, murió el 17 de octubre a la edad de 98 años.
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