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Dee Jefferson

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Arts journo / recovering ABC arts editor. Living on Cammeraygal country. Pronouns: She/her.
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Virginia Gay: ‘Shakespeare’s most overrated play? Hamlet. Too long’

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By Dee Jefferson Verified
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‘I used to think I had to femme up all the time, and actually, the masc-ness of me is what makes me valuable’ … Virginia Gay.Photograph: Jackson Gallagher/Guardian Australia (Photograph: Jackson Gallagher/Guardian Australia) You’re directing Yve Blake’s new play Mackenzie, a Shakespeare reboot in which Lady Macbeth is a nightmare stage mum. Who’s your favourite fictional villain? Ursula! From The Little Mermaid.
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Virginia Gay: ‘Shakespeare’s most overrated play? Hamlet. Too long’

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By Dee Jefferson Verified
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‘I used to think I had to femme up all the time, and actually, the masc-ness of me is what makes me valuable’ … Virginia Gay. Photograph: Jackson Gallagher/Guardian Australia You’re directing Yve Blake’s new play Mackenzie, a Shakespeare reboot in which Lady Macbeth is a nightmare stage mum. Who’s your favourite fictional villain? Ursula! From The Little Mermaid. Disney does villains really well: they’re fabulous and funny; all of them are queer coded, which is both fun and problematic.
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Dance classes terrify me – but taking four in one weekend is a revelation

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By Dee Jefferson Verified
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The Land of 1000 Dances – a series of dance classes – runs at Melbourne’s Rising festival until 8 June. Photograph: Charlie Kinross/The Guardian As I wait for my first Cuban salsa class to begin, I have the distinct feeling that I am poorly prepared. I’m wearing heavy jeans, a bulky woollen sweater and boots. I have never done a dance class in my life – or any kind of exercise class. I don’t know anything about salsa, Cuban or otherwise.
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