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Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.70,0:00:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.64,0:01:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.33,0:01:47.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Trevor Copp: When "Dancing With the Stars"\Nfirst hit the airwaves,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.46,0:01:49.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is not what it looked like.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.56,0:01:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.12,0:01:54.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jeff and I were full-time\Nballroom dance instructors
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.17,0:01:57.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the big TV ballroom revival hit,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.61,0:02:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this was incredible.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.13,0:02:03.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, one day we would say "foxtrot,"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.76,0:02:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and people were like "Foxes trotting."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.82,0:02:08.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.58,0:02:10.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the next day they were telling us
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.55,0:02:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the finer points of a good feather step.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.96,0:02:15.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this blew our minds.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.34,0:02:20.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, all of the ballroom dance\Ngeeking out that we had always done
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.59,0:02:24.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on why salsa worked differently\Nthan the competitive rumba
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.25,0:02:26.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and why tango traveled unlike the waltz,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.78,0:02:30.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of that just hit\Nthe public consciousness,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.38,0:02:32.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it changed everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.83,0:02:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But running parallel to this excitement,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.22,0:02:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the excitement that suddenly,\Nsomehow, we were cool --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.60,0:02:43.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.04,0:02:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was also this reservation.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.91,0:02:48.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why this and why now?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.56,0:02:52.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jeff Fox: When Trevor and I\Nwould get together for training seminars
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.81,0:02:53.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or just for fun,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.100,0:02:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'd toss each other around, mix it up,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.89,0:02:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take a break from having\Nto lead all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.10,0:03:00.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We even came up with a system\Nfor switching lead and follow
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.89,0:03:02.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while we were dancing,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.07,0:03:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a way of taking turns and playing fair.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.10,0:03:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't until we used that system\Nas part of a performance
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.08,0:03:08.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a small festival
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.26,0:03:10.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we got an important tap\Non the shoulder.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.42,0:03:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lisa O'Connell, a dramaturge\Nand director of a playwright center,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.75,0:03:15.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pulled us aside after the show and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.15,0:03:18.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do you have any idea\Nhow political that was?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.86,0:03:20.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.90,0:03:23.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that began an eight-year\Ncollaboration to create a play
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.69,0:03:26.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which not only further developed\Nour system for switching
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.48,0:03:30.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also explored the impact\Nof being locked into a single role,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.26,0:03:31.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what's worse,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.45,0:03:33.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being defined by that single role.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.60,0:03:35.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TC: Because, of course,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.97,0:03:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,classic Latin and ballroom dancing\Nisn't just a system of dancing;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.72,0:03:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a way of thinking, of being,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.92,0:03:45.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of relating to each other
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.57,0:03:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that captured a whole period's values.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.60,0:03:50.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's one thing that stayed\Nconsistent, though:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.99,0:03:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the man leads
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.34,0:03:53.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the woman follows.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.13,0:03:56.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So street salsa, championship tango,\Nit's all the same --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.88,0:03:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he leads, she follows.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.34,0:04:01.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this was gender training.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.62,0:04:03.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You weren't just learning to dance --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.45,0:04:06.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you were learning to "man" and to "woman."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.81,0:04:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a relic.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.59,0:04:11.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the way of relics,\Nyou don't throw it out,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.92,0:04:14.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you need to know\Nthat this is the past.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.33,0:04:15.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This isn't the present.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.87,0:04:19.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like Shakespeare:\Nrespect it, revive it -- great!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.97,0:04:21.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But know that this is history.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.48,0:04:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This doesn't represent how we think today.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.04,0:04:26.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we asked ourselves:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.61,0:04:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you strip it all down,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.67,0:04:31.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is at the core of partner dancing?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.09,0:04:34.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JF: Well, the core principle\Nof partner dancing
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.35,0:04:36.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that one person leads,\Nthe other one follows.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.09,0:04:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The machine works the same,\Nregardless of who's playing which role.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.39,0:04:43.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The physics of movement doesn't really\Ngive a crap about your gender.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.68,0:04:44.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.75,0:04:46.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if we were to update the existing form,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.80,0:04:48.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we would need to make it\Nmore representative
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.92,0:04:51.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how we interact here, now, in 2015.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.03,0:04:54.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you watch ballroom,\Ndon't just watch what's there.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.52,0:04:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Watch what's not.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.09,0:05:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The couple is always\Nonly a man and a woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.12,0:05:01.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Together.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.31,0:05:02.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.60,0:05:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ever.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.78,0:05:07.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, same-sex and gender nonconformist\Ncouples just disappear.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.88,0:05:10.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In most mainstream international\Nballroom competitions,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.54,0:05:13.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,same-sex couples are rarely\Nrecognized on the floor,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.18,0:05:14.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in many cases,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.39,0:05:16.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the rules prohibit them completely.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.15,0:05:20.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TC: Try this: Google-image,\N"professional Latin dancer,"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.50,0:05:23.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then look for an actual Latino person.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.74,0:05:25.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.13,0:05:26.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll be there for days.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.14,0:05:31.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you will get is page after page\Nof white, straight Russian couples
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.19,0:05:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spray-tanned to the point of mahogany.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.18,0:05:35.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.11,0:05:37.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are no black people,\Nthere are no Asians,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.39,0:05:38.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no mixed-race couples,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.70,0:05:42.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so basically, non-white people\Njust disappeared.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.73,0:05:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even within the white-straight-\Ncouple-only paradigm --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.01,0:05:49.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she can't be taller,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.41,0:05:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he can't be shorter.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.90,0:05:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She can't be bolder,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.02,0:05:54.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he can't be gentler.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.26,0:05:57.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you were to take a ballroom dance
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.50,0:05:59.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and translate that into a conversation
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.82,0:06:01.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and drop that into a movie,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.29,0:06:04.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we, as a culture,\Nwould never stand for this.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.93,0:06:07.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He dictates, she reacts.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.67,0:06:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No relationship -- gay,\Nstraight or anything --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.70,0:06:16.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we would regard as remotely healthy\Nor functional looks like that,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.13,0:06:17.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet somehow,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.74,0:06:20.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you put it on prime time,\Nyou slap some makeup on it,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.38,0:06:24.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,throw the glitter on, put it out there\Nas movement, not as text,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.83,0:06:26.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we, as a culture,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.97,0:06:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tune in and clap.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.80,0:06:32.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are applauding our own absence.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.13,0:06:36.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Too many people have disappeared\Nfrom partner dancing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.33,0:06:42.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.28,0:07:26.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.96,0:07:31.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JF: Now, you just saw\Ntwo men dancing together.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.52,0:07:32.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.56,0:07:34.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you thought it looked ...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.41,0:07:35.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little strange.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.13,0:07:38.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Interesting -- appealing, even --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.20,0:07:39.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but a little bit odd.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.37,0:07:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even avid followers of the same-sex\Nballroom circuit can attest
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.38,0:07:47.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that while same-sex partner dancing\Ncan be dynamic and strong and exciting,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.51,0:07:49.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it just doesn't quite seem to fit.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.45,0:07:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Aesthetically speaking,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.69,0:07:55.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if Alida and I take the classic\Nclosed ballroom hold ...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.64,0:07:59.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is considered beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.20,0:08:04.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.70,0:08:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But why not this?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.98,0:08:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.70,0:08:11.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, the standard image that the leader\Nmust be larger and masculine
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.39,0:08:13.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the follower smaller and feminine --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.95,0:08:15.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is a stumbling point.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.98,0:08:19.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TC: So we wanted to look at this\Nfrom a totally different angle.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.47,0:08:25.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what if we could keep\Nthe idea of lead and follow
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.06,0:08:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but toss the idea that this\Nwas connected to gender?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.82,0:08:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Further, what if a couple\Ncould lead and follow each other
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.85,0:08:35.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then switch?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.51,0:08:36.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then switch back?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.69,0:08:40.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if it could be like a conversation,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.95,0:08:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking turns listening and speaking,\Njust like we do in life?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.04,0:08:47.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if we could dance like that?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.42,0:08:51.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We call it "Liquid Lead Dancing."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.54,0:08:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JF: Let's try this with a Latin dance,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.04,0:08:56.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,salsa.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.52,0:09:00.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In salsa, there's a key transitional step,\Ncalled the cross-body lead.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.18,0:09:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We use it as punctuation\Nto break up the improvisation.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.97,0:09:06.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can be a little tricky to spot\Nif you're not used to looking for it,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.36,0:09:07.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so here it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.19,0:09:14.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One more time for the cheap seats.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.87,0:09:17.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.38,0:09:22.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here's the action one more time,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.41,0:09:23.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nice and slow.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.84,0:09:32.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, if we apply liquid-lead thinking\Nto this transitional step,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.95,0:09:34.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the cross-body lead becomes a point
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.66,0:09:36.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the lead and the follow can switch.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.67,0:09:39.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The person following can elect\Nto take over the lead,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.22,0:09:41.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the person leading can choose\Nto surrender it,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.59,0:09:44.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,essentially making it\Na counter-cross-body lead.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.21,0:09:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's how that looks in slow motion.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.91,0:09:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here's how it looked\Nwhen we danced it in the opening dance.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.79,0:10:06.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With this simple tweak,\Nthe dance moves from being a dictation
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.19,0:10:07.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a negotiation.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.76,0:10:10.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyone can lead. Anyone can follow.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.28,0:10:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And more importantly,\Nyou can change your mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.52,0:10:15.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, this is only one example\Nof how this applies,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.91,0:10:18.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but once the blinkers come off,\Nanything can happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.09,0:10:24.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TC: Let's look at how Liquid Lead thinking\Ncould apply to a classic waltz.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.30,0:10:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because, of course,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.55,0:10:28.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it isn't just a system of switching leads;
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.16,0:10:29.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a way of thinking
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.35,0:10:32.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can actually make\Nthe dance itself more efficient.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.98,0:10:34.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So: the waltz.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.89,0:10:36.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The waltz is a turning dance.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.98,0:10:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This means that for the lead,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.62,0:10:41.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you spend half of the dance\Ntraveling backwards,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.86,0:10:43.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,completely blind.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.35,0:10:45.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because of the follower's position,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.92,0:10:48.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,basically, no one can see\Nwhere they're going.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.76,0:10:50.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.13,0:10:52.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you're out here on the floor,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.16,0:10:54.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then imagine that coming right at you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.85,0:10:56.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JF: Raaaaaah!
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.22,0:10:57.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.77,0:11:01.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TC: There are actually a lot\Nof accidents out there
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.09,0:11:03.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that happen as a result\Nof this blind spot.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.08,0:11:07.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what if the partners\Nwere to just allow for
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.35,0:11:09.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a switch of posture for a moment?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.52,0:11:11.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of accidents could be avoided.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.25,0:11:17.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even if one person led the whole dance\Nbut allowed this switch to happen,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.12,0:11:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it would be a lot safer,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.53,0:11:21.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while at the same time,\Noffering new aesthetics into the waltz.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.22,0:11:25.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because physics doesn't give a damn\Nabout your gender.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.68,0:11:26.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.15,0:11:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,JF: Now, we've danced Liquid Lead\Nin clubs, convention centers
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.18,0:11:34.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as part of "First Dance,"\Nthe play we created with Lisa,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.02,0:11:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on stages in North America and in Europe.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.39,0:11:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it never fails to engage.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.74,0:11:42.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, beyond the unusual sight\Nof seeing two men dancing together,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.24,0:11:44.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it always evokes and engages.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.17,0:11:46.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But why?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.48,0:11:49.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The secret lies in what made\NLisa see our initial demonstration
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.60,0:11:50.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as "political."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.93,0:11:53.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't just that we were\Nswitching lead and follow;
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.53,0:11:56.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's that we stayed consistent\Nin our presence, our personality
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.61,0:11:59.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our power, regardless\Nof which role we were playing.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.56,0:12:01.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were still us.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.82,0:12:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's where the true freedom lies --
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.88,0:12:05.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just the freedom to switch roles,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.89,0:12:09.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the freedom from being defined\Nby whichever role you're playing,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.53,0:12:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the freedom to always remain\Ntrue to yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.46,0:12:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Forget what a lead is supposed\Nto look like, or a follow.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.58,0:12:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be a masculine follow
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.16,0:12:18.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a feminine lead.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.80,0:12:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just be yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.87,0:12:23.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously, this applies\Noff the dance floor as well,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.61,0:12:26.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but on the floor, it gives us\Nthe perfect opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.18,0:12:29.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to update an old paradigm,\Nreinvigorate an old relic,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.50,0:12:33.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make it more representative\Nof our era and our current way of being.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.63,0:12:37.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TC: Jeff and I dance partner dancing\Nall the time with women and men
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.100,0:12:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we love it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.41,0:12:43.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we dance with a consciousness\Nthat this is a historic form
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.99,0:12:48.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can produce silence\Nand produce invisibility
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.33,0:12:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,across the spectrum of identity\Nthat we enjoy today.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.82,0:12:53.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We invented Liquid Lead
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.34,0:12:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a way of stripping out\Nall the ideas that don't belong to us
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.53,0:13:02.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and taking partner dancing back\Nto what it really always was:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.83,0:13:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fine art of taking care of each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.83,0:13:15.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.91,0:15:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)