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Michael K. Dane

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I was born in San Francisco in 1954 and raised amid the tangle that was the racial tension of the late 1950's and 1960's. I was trained in the classic Russian Ballet by Dimitri Romanoff, moved to New York on a prestigious scholarship with School of American Ballet at the Julliard School and later American Ballet Theatre. I was recruited to the Iranian National Ballet in 1976, but in the wake of the frightful events leading up to the toppling of the Shah of Iran, I fled Tehran over the Turkish mountains, a fugitive of the state. After returning home I searched for a more personal means of expression, I danced with Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo en travesti and created an infamous persona of a beautiful and talented lesbian dancer name ...more

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#HomoAmerican #MirrorsPast - 1975 - Something has changed in me. My priorities have shifted; I am determined to find a reflection in my mirror that fits and to the devil with the rest. My job at Carnegie Hall will be up in two months time but I’m not worried.

For the moment I’m enjoying the freedom of irresponsibility.

I haven’t cut my hair in months and it’s nearly to my shoulders. It’s
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