Whilst the rest of the world may be dealing with the wrath of winter and staying inside and trying to keep warm, this is how we spend Mondays in Miami. Doing Salsa in the sunshine. This afternoon the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts will be hosting a FREE hour-long Salsa Workshop for all … Continue reading
Now Florida can see the legendary all-male ballet troupe Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo on stage and on the screen. This very talented American all-male drag ballet corps which parodies the conventions and clichés of romantic and classical ballet are on tour and playing at several venues in the State including the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami on March 4th.
The much-beloved group originally formed back in 1974 (and who said gay men never stick to anything …) and last year was the subject of an exhilarating documentary that too picked up numerous awards when it was first released. Rebels on Pointe is now available on DVD from Amazon and all the usual retailers, but when it first premiered in Miami queerguru sat down with director Bobbi Jo Hart to find out how she managed to persuade the guys to let her cameras go backstage and right in their faces (!) for the very first time. It all makes for fascinating viewing and makes you appreciate their live performances even more.
(The movie has been nominated for a Queerty Award of Best Documentary which is decided by votes from the public: if you want to add yours go to https://queerty.com/)
Meanwhile here is our interview with Bobbi Jo-Hart
Pioneer Winter Collective Presents: Reprise a dance and physical theater performance that explores memory and marginalization, particularly how our lives intersect – sometimes making us allies and sometimes implicating us firsthand, giving way to the responsibility of yielding to the agency of others is on March 22 at 8:30 PM Miami Dade County Auditorium
queerguru spoke with the multi-talented choreographer last year when he talked about his passion for his work, and here is what he had to say
By the time you read this the incomparable all-male Ballet Boyz troupe will literally be jetting back to their London base after their amazing critically-acclaimed sold-out Tour of Florida. The queerguru team counts themselves very lucky as we saw their performance last Friday night at the South Miami Dade Cultural Center. It was sheer bliss. … Continue reading
We are always amazed when people genuinely do not understand why queerguru’s winter base for the past 20 years has been .in Miami Beach. We always reply that asides from the weather (it was a balmy 80 degrees this February day) and the stunning Art Deco architecture, and the miles of golden sandy beaches … Continue reading