Lady Camden, a former resident artist at San Francisco’s Smuin Contemporary Ballet, is one of 14 contestants competing for the crown and money prize in a show chalked full of challenges that require “charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent.
Lady Camden, a former resident artist at San Francisco’s Smuin Contemporary Ballet, is competing on “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” For a show to be in its 14th season, it’s really got to have that certain something.
Explains Lady Camden, “It’s all of your favorite reality shows from the 2000s combined. It’s ‘America’s Next Top Model’; it’s ‘Project Runway’; it’s ‘Survivor.’ It’s ‘Wife Swap’ . And it means that the expectations of the queens are higher than any other reality show. Because we have to do what every reality show is doing — altogether — in drag.”
“I remember I wasn’t really dancing very much and having to take ballet classes in my kitchen. would give me exercise routines to work on flexibility, and I did squats and a little bit of ballet here and there, because it was like, ‘Hey, if you’re gonna go into the competition and be a so-called dancer, then you’ve got to have it together,” said Lady Camden.
“I think it’s important for queer people to see, each season, 14 very different people, with very different stories, backgrounds and journeys to become a drag queen, which is someone who has the utmost confidence and believes in themselves,” said Lady Camden. Season 14 features two transgender women and a cisgender heterosexual man among the cast. Previous seasons have included transgender men. For Lady Camden, the gender diversity on the show speaks to drag culture’s inclusiveness and to the focus on personal and artistic expression.
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