Dada Masilo pushing boundaries
South African dancer and choreographer Dada Masilo doesn't set out to stir controversy, but her unconventional interpretations of ballet classics have a tendency to do just that. The 25-year-old rising star of the international dance world has often unsettled audiences with interpretations that turn gender and racial stereotypes on their heads.
Think "Swan Lake" with strong homosexual overtones and a tutu-wearing man playing one of the female leads, or "Romeo and Juliet" with a multi-racial Capulet family. Re-envision a more erotic "Carmen" in Masilo's attacking style of dancing.
Masilo says she she's driven by a desire to push herself. "It's not so much about the political message," she tells CNN. "I just do things that I feel like are going to challenge me as a choreographer and a person."
Read More:http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/11/02/south.africa.dada.masilo/index.html?hpt=C2
Think "Swan Lake" with strong homosexual overtones and a tutu-wearing man playing one of the female leads, or "Romeo and Juliet" with a multi-racial Capulet family. Re-envision a more erotic "Carmen" in Masilo's attacking style of dancing.
Masilo says she she's driven by a desire to push herself. "It's not so much about the political message," she tells CNN. "I just do things that I feel like are going to challenge me as a choreographer and a person."
Read More:http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/11/02/south.africa.dada.masilo/index.html?hpt=C2
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