#whos gonna make gay versions of the other tchaikovsky ballets huh

[emptymasks]

Thanks for introducing me to Matthew Bourne's swan lake! My brain has now wormed its way into pulling a piece from that version of swan lake into my current Arcane (Viktor x OC) fic! 😊

In all seriousness, I'm a gay trans man who used to dance ballet and hasn't for a long time, and this is the first explicitly gay ballet I've ever seen since getting back into watching it, and it means a lot to me so I just wanted to say thanks and hello.

omg omg you are so welcome!! it's my favourite ballet, it's gorgeous, and as a queer guy yeah it so felt empowering to watch. i love a lot of matthew bourne's ballets, theyre so creative, the only other one i know of that is also gay is his dorian gray ballet but it wasn't filmed like his swan lake has been unfortunately. it's especially sweet to see, even though the story of course deals with sadness and homophobia, swan lake have a gay love story in it as the composer, tchaikovsky, was gay in a time where it wasn't safe for him to be out.