There was a book I read when I was freshman that talked put forth the assumption that any one person can be different people in various crowds. In other words, around your family you are one way, when you are at your job its another way, and with your friends someone completely different emerges. Well the same can be differently applied to the ballroom scene, many people who get life in the scene, or who are legends and icons when they go back to their regular life, the celebrity status fades away and they revert back to how they were previously. This can also be applied to the Andre Milan, the easy going, well spoken, southern sounding gentleman is nothing like the Andre Milan who hits the floor. Selling sex to all those in view, commanding the audience with a look at me bravado that few can compete with. Similar to how Beyonce has Sasha was her on stage counterpart that takes over, Andre goes from being mild manner Clark
It all started in 1998, at that time Andre got introduced to the ballroom scene and started to walk face as his first category. But at the insistence of his friends, he decided to give sex siren a chance. His gamble into the category has paid off, culminating into his career high so far being 2004 when Andre Milan rarely lost. When asked what or how does he sell sex Andre laughingly states that he “performs a little soft core porn.” This soft corn porn can range from the part in parcel sex siren tactic of pouring water or oiling up the body and grinding, to stripping down further and further for each round, like going from boxers, to briefs, to thongs, to a smile. But as of December 2006, Andre has decided to take time away from the ballroom scene. By doing so Andre is making sure that he does not become overexposed and thusly taken for granted, so that every time he hits the runway it will be an occasion.
From there the discussion goes into what he thinks of his competitors, who does he step his game up for when he sees them on the runway, and are sex sirens capitalizing on their appeal off the runway. “Sex siren is for thinner people, maybe you don’t have to be super attractive to walk body, sex siren you don’t have to a well toned body, but an attractive face,” is how Andre delineates between sex siren and body. Its easy to think that an great physique means that you are sexy. But this is not the case, being sexy is a not a trait that can be pin pointed to any one particular trait but a feeling one receives when saying someone.
I asked Andre who does he step his game up for when he sees that they are competition. Some would answer that they view all competitors the same, but realistically for most of us that is not the case. Most people put forth more effort for those who we think are going to provide a challenge and hold back on those who are perceived to be an easy win. For Andre, Joseph Aga is one of those that make Andre bring it harder than he ordinarily would. Like with face, sex siren is not one of those categories were you practice for a week before and be ready for the ball.
Sex siren at least physically means you have to keep your body in some semblance of shape which for Andre Milan means working out four days a week. With this preoccupation with the body and explicitly selling sex rationally it would make sense if those who would flaunt it, would not be opposed to being sexual. So I posed the question, are sex sirens more promiscuous than other ball walkers. “I do know a lot of sex sirens that are promiscuous, but likely they were before they began participating in the ball scene. Promiscuous activity for others may derive from new found attention which probably got them to that point.”
Often times in the ballroom scene you hear of these tragic cases were someone who is known for turning their category does so at the cost of being a more productive person when asked what keeps Andre from falling into that trap, he responds its due to having priorities and positive people in his life. “It revolves around your priorities, and what your influences, who set the examples for you. They don’t really train you how you should be; I had people tell me to take my ass to school.” Ironically what Andre is describing is one of the secrets to success; surround yourself with good people and good things will happen to you. Its simple laws of attraction, and part of Andre’s allure is this. His ability to be brazen and modest at the right times, containing polar opposites into one makes Andre Milan the very embodiment of the Clark Kent and Superman.
College........................................Education
Fights...........................................Ignorance
Love......................................................Nice
Legendary....................................................Eminent
Favorite Category............................................Vogue Fem
Discipline.......................................Lessons
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