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Title: Transgender Performers on How Art and Identity Inform Each Other
Post by: Shana A on December 10, 2011, 08:52:41 AM
Post by: Shana A on December 10, 2011, 08:52:41 AM
Transgender Performers on How Art and Identity Inform Each Other
By Simi Horwitz
December 9, 2011
http://www.backstage.com/bso/news-and-features-features/transgender-performers-on-how-art-and-identity-1005638752.story (http://www.backstage.com/bso/news-and-features-features/transgender-performers-on-how-art-and-identity-1005638752.story)
The statuesque and striking Bianca Leigh admits that exposing one of her breasts in her one-person musical "Busted" was a vulnerable moment. But it was not gratuitous, confessional, or therapeutic, she says, despite her being a transgender woman.
Indeed, Leigh never planned to write a piece about the transgender experience, but she felt that audiences were ready, and so was she. "With humor, I showed how the abuse of power can affect any disenfranchised person," she says. "Busted" recounts what happened when she was arrested for alleged solicitation.
By Simi Horwitz
December 9, 2011
http://www.backstage.com/bso/news-and-features-features/transgender-performers-on-how-art-and-identity-1005638752.story (http://www.backstage.com/bso/news-and-features-features/transgender-performers-on-how-art-and-identity-1005638752.story)
The statuesque and striking Bianca Leigh admits that exposing one of her breasts in her one-person musical "Busted" was a vulnerable moment. But it was not gratuitous, confessional, or therapeutic, she says, despite her being a transgender woman.
Indeed, Leigh never planned to write a piece about the transgender experience, but she felt that audiences were ready, and so was she. "With humor, I showed how the abuse of power can affect any disenfranchised person," she says. "Busted" recounts what happened when she was arrested for alleged solicitation.