Pennsylvania Ballet puts the ballet-haters in their place

[dirac]

Hmmmm....Wasn't Jagger's androgynous quality widely remarked on, then and now? Footage of the Mickster undulating and bopping around onstage suggests many potential adjectives, but I'm not sure that "manly" is one of them. Whereas nobody ever regarded Lennon as a pretty boy no matter what he was wearing. But then to many eyes at the time both groups looked disturbingly unlike the masculine status quo.....

[sandik]

I still call them Cuban heels -- much more comfortable (not to mention more stable) than narrower heels.

[Kathleen O'Connell]

Hmmmm....Wasn't Jagger's androgynous quality widely remarked on, then and now? Footage of the Mickster undulating and bopping around onstage suggests many potential adjectives, but I'm not sure that "manly" is one of them. Whereas nobody ever regarded Lennon as a pretty boy no matter what he was wearing. But then to many eyes at the time both groups looked disturbingly unlike the masculine status quo.....

I suspect you're right that Jagger challenged traditional notions of what a masculine performing style was or should be. (And probably still does in some circles.) I always assumed his sexual potency was never in doubt, but that's an entirely different matter. I'm sure plenty of folks in my parents cohort couldn't figure out what Jagger's bevy of rapturous female fans saw in him.

[sandik]

Jagger is/was much more flamboyant than Lennon, almost as much of a chameleon as David Bowie (who just had a birthday). And yes, my parents couldn't make heads or tails out of him!