Leia Shorney
Apr 3, 20235 min read
Unknown Realms ACE Dance and Music 2023 - Review
Photography by Brian Slater The stage is dark lit by string lights and a single spotlight in the upstage right corner, illuminating the...
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Leia Shorney
Mar 21, 20238 min read
Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker 2022 - Review
I remember being giddy with excitement as I held my ticket for Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker. Bourne’s production is a reimaging of...
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Leia Shorney
Mar 21, 20232 min read
Reviews Introduction
February 2023 Hi! It’s been a while. I’d thought I’d reintroduce myself and my plans for this website this year. I’m Leia, dance graduate...
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Leia Shorney
Mar 20, 20238 min read
Rise and Fall - The Romanticisation of Capitalism
Channel 4's new reality show Rise and Fall has Rulers and Grafters, who will fall and who will rise?
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Leia Shorney
Jul 15, 202112 min read
♀️ Femme // Fatale
In the introduction of her book Fantasies of Femininity (1997), Jane M. Ussher says that every woman's personal journey encounters ...
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Leia Shorney
Mar 28, 202110 min read
WandaVision: A crash course of gender expectations and norms
WandaVision is a TV show created by Jac Schaeffer currently streaming on Disney+. It follows two Avengers, Wanda Maximoff and Vision, who...
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Leia Shorney
Jan 27, 20216 min read
Oh, I inspire you? Thaaaanks...
I didn’t think I would be writing my next disability essay so soon, but here we are. Strap yourselves in — this one’s a doozy. This past...
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Leia Shorney
Jan 27, 202111 min read
Passing Able
[Image description: Black and white picture of a dancer stretching her legs wide in front of her and bending over so her torso touches...
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