Monday, November 29, 2010

Nutcracker Prince

While watching the live stage show of The Nutcracker, I noticed this one thing, Besides the usual, I noticed how charasmatic men in ballet tights dance on stage. The women, of course, give excellent performances as the grand dame of ballet, but men pour out attitude. Either of joy, struggle, love, conquest, and happiness. The faces of the men tell me they are not taking a back seat to what the culture world defines as female interest in the world of ballet. I mean, tell those beer drinking butch boys back home that ballet, and specifically men in ballet tights do not make the back drop of female dancers. Instead, they are the stars who carry the performance every bit as much, if not more, than the female counterparts. In many ways, they are the Superman dancing, flying, parading, twirling on stage in total freedom. Freedom from trousers, pants, and even pant shorts, they glide in harmony to the beat of the music with absolutely nothing in their way but the soft touch of tights material to let them do what they want. They are more than dancers, but athletes that must face ongoing agility that would shame the most vigorous football player. Theirs is not an easy task, but they make it look easy, and yes, even fun!
Not only do men look great in tights with defined bodies, but Im afraid, they also enjoy it, and it shows!

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