danuv | (no subject)

I'm watching Dido & Aeneas tonight as performed by the Mark Morris Dance Group. The music is beautiful, I'd never heard it before. I'm rather thrown off by Mr. Morris dancing the part of a woman. I wonder if it was ego on his part ("...but I want the juicy part!") or if he just felt like playing some gender games. The choreography is very reminiscent of paintings on Greek pottery which I suppose is obvious but still well done (I think). The guy playing Aeneas is a gorgeous gorgeous (one more time for emphasis) gorgeous hunk of a man. I would like him for dinner, which by the way I haven't had and hope it arrives before I finish this bottle of wine off.

edit: Ok so the top review on imdb says, "Not only is the female lead played by a man (Morriss himself, alluding to ancient performance practice)" ... which of course I'd completely forgotten about female roles being played by men historically. Feh. I still think he probably just wanted the fun part. :P