Pole Dancers Invade The Museum
In “The Valley of the Dolls,” Patty Duke looked at the poster for an arthouse movie starring Sharon Tate and screeched, “Nudies!” I felt a little bit the same way when I looked at this story: about Brennan Gerard and Ryan Kelly bringing “politicized pole dancing” to the New Museum in New York. Through their residency, Gerard and Kelly have held pay-what-you-wish “open pole†sessions (love those quotation marks) on the museum’s fifth floor. The pair began collaborating with members of the local dance crews who were showing up to the sessions, with two crews, the Chosen Ones and We Live This, co-hosting the final session.
