Zorro's Straight Man ; He has Been Called the David Beckham of Dance and Was Too Butch for the Royal Ballet. Now, in His Most Swashbuckling Role yet, Adam Cooper Wants to Reclaim Dancing for the Real Men
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ADAM COOPER always avoided telling people he was a dancer. 'I didn't want them to think I was gay and effeminate,' hisses the man often hailed as 'the sexiest in British dance'. There is no danger of my thinking anything of the sort. In fact I feel a rising panic.
Cooper, who is over six foot tall and has muscles like a gladiator out of MGM central casting, has me in a menacing armlock and is holding a sword to my throat.See the full content of this document
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Zorro's Straight Man ; He has Been Called the David Beckham of Dance and Was Too Butch for the Royal Ballet. Now, in His Most Swashbuckling Role yet, Adam Cooper Wants to Reclaim Dancing for the Real Men
'I don't think you're gay and effeminate,' I manage to squeak as the blade brushes my skin. Cooper, who has hair the colour of a winter sunset and heavy-lidded cobalt eyes, relaxes his grip and grins, throwing the sword at his feet.
'Good. I hope I didn't hurt you,' he apologises.'I wasn't trying to.' 'What a relief,' I reply dryly. 'The sword isn't real,' he continues. 'It's a prop for my new show.' 'Thanks', I say, rubbing my neck.Cooper, 35, is a former principal dancer with the Royal Ballet who has partnered the likes of Darcey Bussell and Sylvie...See the full content of this document
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