What if Ballet splits her bunhead open…

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; ILLUSTRATION BY TRACEY TURNER What if Ballet splits her bunhead open And the only place left to turn is out? Swans eat bugs and swallows swarm the lake And the only thing left to swallow is an atrophied tendu. And plie and one two three four… Are […]

October 30, 2014  |  Read Article

The Artful Shoe Drop

When you’re a high fashion dancing drag queen and you lose a shoe… From Monique Jenkinson: I have so many costume stories… There was a point at which I realized that what most inspired my dancing was costume, and things just fell into place from there. I have made so […]

October 23, 2014  |  Read Article

The Wrong Choice of Undergarments

When you shouldn’t have worn bright orange underwear… From John Jeffords: I was doing Peter and the Wolf at Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center. It was like glorified children’s theatre and a pretty quick rehearsal process which meant that our “dress rehearsal” was in front of an audience of […]

October 20, 2014  |  Read Article

The Hives Attack

When your cross-dressing costume gives you hives… From Maggie Stack: KT Nelson gets pretty ambitious when it comes to choreographing her children’s production of The Velveteen Rabbit. When I started with ODC, I hopped right into the bunny-suit extravaganza. There was a lot of velvet, which I was not aware […]

October 16, 2014  |  Read Article