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What goes through a drag ballerina's mind while dancing?

What goes through a drag ballerina's mind while dancing?

A dancer from "The Trocks" describes what goes through his mind while dancing the part of Odette in Swan Lake. Is he trying to portray a man playing a ballerina? Or just a ballerina? At the end of the day, it's about relating to the audience.
Clip S35 E8 Length 01:32 Premiere: 6.4.21

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Discover how the creator of All in the Family, The Jeffersons and Good Times, affected social change through his groundbreaking sitcoms and activism. The program features George Clooney, Amy Poehler, Jon Stewart, Russell Simmons, and others.

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Season 35 Episodes

Ballerina Boys
S35 E8 Length 53:26 Premiere Date 6.4.21

Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir
S35 E7 Length 1:39:49 Premiere Date 5.3.21

Oliver Sacks: His Own Life (Audio Descriptive Version)
S35 E6 Length 1:49:28 Premiere Date 4.9.21

Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
S35 E5 Length 1:49:28 Premiere Date 4.9.21

Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story
S35 E4 Length 1:23:55 Premiere Date 4.2.21

Twyla Moves
S35 E3 Length 1:22:31 Premiere Date 3.26.21

Flannery
S35 E2 Length 1:23:23 Premiere Date 3.23.21

How It Feels To Be Free
S35 E1 Length 1:53:19 Premiere Date 1.18.21

Ballerina Boys
Preview Length 02:36 Premiere Date 6.4.21

Watch these drag ballerinas get ready for a show
Clip Length 02:14 Premiere Date 6.4.21

What goes through a drag ballerina's mind while dancing?
Clip Length 01:32 Premiere Date 6.4.21

Against All Odds: Meet the Woman Behind American Masters
Clip Length 05:29 Premiere Date 3.9.18

Remembering Anthony Bourdain
Clip Length 00:24 Premiere Date 6.8.18

Remembering Neil Simon
Clip Length 01:04 Premiere Date 8.28.18

Artists Flight Series Promo
Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 8.31.18

Remembering Paula Wayne
Clip Length 03:09 Premiere Date 11.12.18

Remembering Stan Lee
Clip Length 07:17 Premiere Date 11.13.18

Remembering Carol Channing
Clip Length 01:03 Premiere Date 1.15.19

Remembering Jonas Mekas
Clip Length 02:47 Premiere Date 1.23.19

Remembering Tim Conway
Clip Length 01:03 Premiere Date 5.14.19

I.M. Pei In Memoriam
Clip Length 01:14 Premiere Date 5.17.19

Specials

Masters of Drag: Julian Eltinge
Length 04:45 Premiere Date 3.1.21

Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio: This Is the Way We Rise
Length 12:16 Premiere Date 10.14.20

Amyra León: Strange Grace
Length 15:18 Premiere Date 10.14.20

Maia Cruz Palileo: Becoming the Moon
Length 11:54 Premiere Date 10.5.20

Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah: The New Chief
Length 11:20 Premiere Date 10.5.20

Vincent Valdez: The Beginning is Near
Length 11:01 Premiere Date 10.5.20

Damon Davis: Apologue for the Darkest Gods
Length 11:52 Premiere Date 10.5.20

Bunky Echo-Hawk: The Resistance
Length 08:00 Premiere Date 10.5.20

Anik Khan: Street Level
Length 13:09 Premiere Date 10.5.20

Jacques Pépin makes buttermilk pancakes
Length 03:03 Premiere Date 9.4.20

Jacques Pépin makes cocotte eggs
Length 03:48 Premiere Date 9.4.20

Jacques Pépin makes an easy cream cheese soufflé
Length 03:28 Premiere Date 9.4.20

Jacques Pépin makes easy and delicous crêpes
Length 06:05 Premiere Date 9.4.20

Jacques Pépin makes fried eggs
Length 03:21 Premiere Date 9.3.20

Jacques Pépin makes Eggs Jeannette
Length 06:27 Premiere Date 9.3.20

Jacques Pépin makes a country omelet
Length 06:06 Premiere Date 9.3.20

Jacques Pépin makes a seafood omelet
Length 06:40 Premiere Date 9.3.20

Jacques Pépin makes classic scrambled eggs
Length 04:55 Premiere Date 9.3.20

Jacques Pépin makes rice cakes with eggs
Length 03:22 Premiere Date 9.3.20

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