Dirty Dancing Archives - cléo https://cleojournal.com/tag/dirty-dancing/ a journal of film and feminism Wed, 22 Feb 2017 05:12:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 Roundtable: Dance Movies! https://cleojournal.com/2015/11/24/roundtable-dance-movies/ Tue, 24 Nov 2015 14:22:44 +0000 https://cleojournal.com/?p=1465 Dance might be where grace gets some of its most limiting connotations. You know, that floating-two-inches-above-the-ground, not-a-hair-out-of-place conception of “poise.” Fortunately, these clichés don’t jive with a lot of the dancing we see on screen. From Josephine Baker to Magic Mike XXL, both actors and the characters they represent have often directed their (usually very […]

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]]> Editor’s Note: Camp https://cleojournal.com/2015/08/10/editors-note-camp/ Mon, 10 Aug 2015 11:59:32 +0000 https://cleojournal.com/?p=1352 The only thing worse than writing an editor’s note is writing an editor’s note in the summer. It’s the season for escaping to cabins in the woods, reading on beaches, drinking in parks, and making out with crushes on humid nights. It is, above all, a time for fun. And while we always take great […]

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]]> Roundtable: Sex at Summer Camp! https://cleojournal.com/2015/08/10/roundtable-sex-at-summer-camp/ Mon, 10 Aug 2015 11:53:02 +0000 https://cleojournal.com/?p=1357 Are you ready for the summer? Are you ready for the sunshine? Are you ready for the birds and bees, The apple trees, And a whole lot of fooling around? Sung by a chorus of young children, the theme song from juvenile comedy classic Meatballs promises summer camp as a hot and steamy (parent-free!) paradise […]

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