2.3K Smiles Dancers as a shame. Dancers as a lustful facade. Dancing as a feminine activity.
These stereotypes are the prime material of a newly released short story competition , aimed at breaking prejudice against men who dance. Organized by the Forgotten Writers Foundation , and entitled “Mind of a Dancer,” the competition invites budding writers in Egypt and beyond to enter their stories before May 1, 2015. The proposal consists in writing a short story where the protagonist is a dancer, aiming at revealing how dancers from different cultures, backgrounds, social classes and genders feel, think, and dream.
“ We can inspire writers to create new perceptions , and also allow dancers to reveal to the world who they really are, since not everyone understands the language of dancing,” says the organization’s founder Mahmoud Mansi. A writer himself, Mansi says the competition, which also includes strippers as a form of dance, will offer dancers a chance to share their passion and views in life, men, women, fashion, politics, and media.
