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at one point in this vigorous dance the men were caressing each other in an almost feminine way and previously they had briefly put on female garments...
I realised of a sudden (that's when I began to write the notes from the third line onwards) that the intention of the performance was not to assail the audience (most of whom were young and had been applauding enthusiastically) but to open, to the somewhat lost generation of young men of the present, firstly the idea that dancing need not be not effeminate and secondly that the male role can change to include softeness as well as hardness, etc.
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And now, as I transcribe, I'm remembering a thought of a few days ago:
(c) john chris jones 1995