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As a matter of fact, it was because of discrimination against a black dancer, Catherine Dunham, that created one of the first anti-discrimination laws from a case that she had in Rio.
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That's the cue for all the outcasts the fatties and the coloreds to march for civil rights, and for Tracy's blithe best friend, played by the lovely Amanda Bynes, to swoon over Elijah Kelley as a fresh-faced black dancer.
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Ms. Guillem's "partner" here was Elias Benxon's black-and-white film that first revealed the dancer as if looking through an Alice-in-Wonderland keyhole and eventually suggested that she had emerged from the silvery film in full color to dither around the screen and stage.
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King Papa and King of the Goblin, performed by the same dancer (rangy John Welker), are costumed similarly in gold-trimmed black jumpsuits and are missing the crowns one would expect as a sign of their stations.
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All eyes are on the woman in the centre, who gyrates to the rhythm wearing an outfit that is part punk, part belly-dancer: nose-ring, five-inch platform boots, ankle bells, black bodysuit, sequinned bikini top and a flowing pink skirt.
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The reports earned the Bolshoi incidents comparison to the psychological thriller "Black Swan, " in which Natalie Portman's character slowly unravels as she tries to compete with another dancer who she thinks is trying to steal her role.
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