backwards and in high heels
Also joy.
Posts tagged queer dance
San Francisco - Brendan Barthel and Victor Talledos, photography Jordan Matter in “Dancers among us”
LGBTQ* Artist You Should Know
Reginald Marsh
-Illustrations/art/etchings part of the series “Chop Suey Dancers”
-Late 1920s
-Depicted couples of the same sex dancing together in New York nightspots
-Many characters intentionally created to be ambiguous (Marsh wanted audience to ask if dancers were assumed gender, in drag, or androgynous)
Girls at the University of Chicago learn Jiu-jitsu, 1943.
The one leg Latin dancer, George Velasques, dances a Rumba & Salsa dance at the Swing Classic 2007 in Atlanta, GA.
And here are the ones that wouldn’t fit in the photoset:
Who says ballet dancers can’t be fat?
If anyone has pictures of fat dancers of color, let me know! I looked everywhere and couldn’t find a single one. This makes me sad.
Credit:
- Photos 1-3 are of Frostine Shake
- Photos 4-7 are dancers from the Big Ballet
- Photos 8-14 are of ModelMayhem user Terpsichores Grace
more belly-rinas <3
Absolutely gorgeous.
The heart and soul of dance is NOT, and never should be, about being a certain size, weight, look, color, or gender identity. The heart and soul of dancing lies solely in passion. #takebackdancing
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Pier Voulkos and Sabine Rohde perform together for the first time @ Duboce Park Cafe in San Francisco.
