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The History of Jacob’s Pillow in Lee: Lee’s perceptions of the Men Dancers’ sexuality

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By Joshua Bloom
| The Berkshire Edge Verified
This is part four of a 12-part series that elevates stories of interesting and important people and touchpoints in a nearly century-long relationship between Jacob’s Pillow and the town of Lee. Male dancers and sexuality in the local papers: Perceptions and innuendos In the 1930s, when American masculinity was narrowly defined, a troupe of male dancers in the Berkshires sparked a cultural confrontation that was as much about gender and sexuality, one could argue, as it was about art.
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The History of Jacob’s Pillow in Lee: Sexual identity of Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers — portrayals and perceptions

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By Joshua Bloom
| The Berkshire Edge Verified
This is part three of a 12-part series that elevates stories of interesting and important people and touchpoints in a nearly century-long relationship between Jacob’s Pillow and the town of Lee. Back in the 1930s, when male dancers were widely derided as “sissies” in the Berkshires and throughout the country, Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers challenged stereotypes and lived in a very real brotherhood that blurred rigid ideas of sexual identity in the secluded confines of Jacob’s Pillow.
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The History of Jacob’s Pillow in Lee: How the town came to embrace Ted Shawn and his dancers

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By Joshua Bloom
| The Berkshire Edge Verified
This is part two of a 12-part series that elevates stories of interesting and important people and touchpoints in a nearly century-long relationship between Jacob’s Pillow and the town of Lee. In the summer of 1933, a cultural transformation began in the Berkshires when Ted Shawn formed a groundbreaking all-male modern dance troupe at Jacob’s Pillow.
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