• Friday, April 19, 2024

Entertainment

How dance helped a ‘fat bloke’ fight body shaming

STEPPING UP: Asad Ullah is performing in Fat Blokes, a ‘fat rebellion’ including several plus-size dancers (Pic by: Paul Merrick)

By: Lauren Codling

by LAUREN CODLING A NEW dance show aiming to rebel against “fat people being shamed and abused” will be touring across the country this month. Asad Ullah, 31, is one of the performers in artist Scottee’s Fat Blokes. Described as a “fat rebellion”, the show includes several plus-size dancers who strut their stuff on stage. It also explores why larger men are never portrayed as sexy, only funny. “Society constantly tells us that fat is not sexy,” Ullah told Eastern Eye. He believes beauty standards are made clear in the media, questioning how often was a larger man portrayed as…

You do not have access to this content. You need to subscribe.

Related Stories

Videos

Mrunal Thakur on Dhamaka, experience of working with Kartik Aaryan,…
Nushrratt Bharuccha on Chhorii, pressure of comparison with Lapachhapi, upcoming…
Abhimanyu Dassani on Meenakshi Sundareshwar, how his mom Bhagyashree reacted…