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Choreographer Les Child on sexuality and dance | Les Child by Sharna Osborne | Random Acts

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Channel: Random Acts · 2017 · Film & Animation

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A short film in which filmmaker and documentarist, Sharna Osborne, profiles choreographer, Les Child. Fusing fashion, art and dance, the emotive film combines archival and original footage that features a glimpse into Child’s life growing up in England with his Jamaican family in the 60’s from the celebrated accounts of Pam Hogg, Stevie Stewart, Michael Clark Co. and Charles Atlas. 

The footage is layered with snippets of an original, intimate conversation with author Paul Flynn, in which Child reflects on his sexuality and expression through dance.

Featuring works from 1861–1967 relating to lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer (LGBTQ) identities, Tate Britain’s latest exhibition ‘Queer British Art 1861–1967’ marks the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of male homosexuality in the UK. The show explores how artists expressed themselves in a time when established assumptions about gender and sexuality were being questioned and transformed.
 
“Queer British Art 1861-1967” ran at Tate Britain in 2017.

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