By T. M. Chartrand–
2011/08/14Posted in: Contemporary, Dance, Theatre
In several countries and and now one state, gay marriage has been legalised. The struggle for a global community has been long, hard and is still far from over. Within this issue, there is the inter-personal ramification of how we reinvent tradition to represent a new equality. It isn’t the marriage, the union itself that necessarily needs re-creation, but the nuts and bolts of the ceremony itself. The most powerfully gender structured event that seems insurmountable is surprising. It isn’t the vows, it isn’t the sensational kiss. It is the first dance.
