Ever since Lyn and I made Spastic Ballet and posted it to YouTube, we have been receiving comments that suggested that we were being forced to cross dress and perform. People thought that some amoral human being had captured a pair of cripples who didn’t know what they were doing, dressed them up in dancewear, and shouted ”dance, spastic, dance!” Of course, Lyn and I howl with laughter every time we get another comment like that, but I recently came up with an idea. I decided to make a follow-up video, showing me actually changing for ballet. But then I had to decide which route to go down: was I to show a disabled man being forced to dress up, thereby conforming to the commenter’s’ preconceptions, or a man with a disability choosing to dress up, thereby showing them to be flawed. The solution is as obvious as it is great: make both.

So I did. I know they’re a bit rough, and should probably be seen as first drafts (I only wrote the scripts this morning) but Changing for ballet 1 can be found here, and Changing for Ballet 2 can be found here. I hope you like them, and don’t mind a glimpse of me in my pants. In a way they should be seen as one piece, the one in juxtaposition with the other. Anyway, let me know what you think. Massive thanks are due to Laura for being such a sport.