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Strike a Pose: Directors: Ester Gould, Reijer Zwaan

Thu. February 9th 2017 Vic Theatre Victoria BC $10.50

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Strike a Pose: Directors: Ester Gould, Reijer Zwaan

In 1990, seven young dancers joined pop star Madonna on her most controversial w...
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Thu. February 9th 2017 + Add to Calendar Vic Theatre (No Minors)
6:30pm $10.50

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Directors: Ester Gould, Reijer Zwaan

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In 1990, seven young dancers joined pop star Madonna on her most controversial world tour, Blond Ambition. Wild, talented and barely twenty, the dancers set out on the trip of a lifetime. Their journey was captured in Truth or Dare, one of the highest-grossing documentaries ever. As a self-proclaimed mother to her six gay dancers plus straight Oliver, Madonna used the film to take a stand on gay rights, freedom of expression and the fight against AIDS. Madonna’s flamboyant dancers became icons of sexual freedom, inspiring people all over the world to be who they are.

Yet the dancers weren’t living it. In fact, Gabriel wasn’t proud of being gay at all. After failing to persuade Madonna to cut out the kissing scene that would ‘out’ him to his family and friends, he filed a lawsuit against her.

In Strike a Pose, we encounter the dancers on a new journey. For the first time we hear how hard it has been to live the liberated life they were promoting on stage. Their incredible stories reveal how fear of other people’s judgment holds us back and how hard it is to accept yourself when you feel different. Twenty-five years after the tour and the film that marked pop and gay culture as much as their own lives, the dancers, their dramatic stories and their fierce moves inspire us once again. What does it really take to express yourself?

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Vic Theatre
808 Douglas St (at Humboldt)
Theatre
Capacity213
Fully Accessible
Open / Operational

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