The B.A.R. dance critic Keith White prophesied 20 years ago that the future of choreography would lie in same-sex partnering, which would open up new ways of showing things.
One comfort that growing up in Stockton did not provide Taylor Mac was complacency. "It was a horrible, screwed-up city," he said. "I just had to get out of there."
The big dance event last week came the night the two Borzois who are extras in San Francisco Ballet’s excellent production of Giselle started humping each other, and also the Duchess Bathilde, near the end of the first act.