Duels and Duets | Reader

Touch of Red reimagines male athletic competition as dance

‘A brief and silly thumb war shifts into another game that mixes aggression and affection: how close can you get to an embrace without touching? And finally, when contact can’t be avoided any longer, a rapid series of relationships results in the eros and humor in the rapid shift of hugs/wrestling holds—hand to armpit, head to knee, foot to neck, varieties of spoons, clutching, contortion.’

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