"Let's Dance"

jacob'spillow1938
Originally uploaded by Randuwa.

is the theme of the November-December "The Gay & Lesbian Review" out of Harvard University. The subtitle is "Bodies In Motion." And the cover features this photograph taken in 1938 of Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers as they rehearsed at the Dancer/Choreographer's studio in the Berkshires called Jacob's Pillow. The article traces the history of the institution as well as some of the history of Mr. Shawn. From his first marriage and dance company, to he and his wife's ménage a trios with another man, to their separation, his founding of Jacob's Pillow, and his settling in with a male lover for the remainder of his life. It's an interesting article that traces the ways in which Mr. Shawn's work opened doors of respectability and acceptance for men as classical and modern instruments of dance.