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
For the latest queerguru reports on London’s burgeoning alternative drag scene which has being setting the capital’s performance scene alight and making the East End THE destination for the very best in entertainment, we meet a real life religious icon. The Virgin Xtravaganzah aka Mary, Mother of God is the wickedly funny persona of the very talented Drew Caiden, and via Facetime he shared what life on earth is like for Mary these days.
The interview was recorded for queerguru reports on PTV.
It is already DAY 3 of Wicked Queer: The Boston LGBT Film Festival and if you missed the start, panic not, as there are still some amazing queer cinema to come in the next week. Here then are TEN TOP PICKS OF THE BEST OF THE REST: and if you like the look of any of these unmissable movies, then act quickly as they all do tend to sell out.
The 20th Anniversary of OUTshine Film Festival kicks off on April 20th. and queerguru has scoured the wonderfully eclectic program of queer cinema to give our list of TOP TEN MOVIES (not to be missed)
The fact that there were so many films last year with transgender subject matters that we could pick out TOP 10TRANSGENDER FILMS OF 2017in itself is quite extraordinary. Each movie made a valuable contribution to the continuing dialogue about the community, and nearly all of them are now available to view on global screening platforms.
Full reviews of each of the movies can also be found on www.queerguru.com