that sees the hero's journey between 3 centuries and 2 genders now german choreographer actress jan shook has reimagined the piece for the bolshoi ballet observers expect it to make waves and in a conservative society that's not known for its tolerance of the l.g.b. t.q. community books imaginative staging might also rustle feathers. her royal highness queen elizabeth the 1st played by a man but this is no campy drag queen playing for laughs in a nightclub this cross-dressing portrayal is serious and dignified it's part of german choreographer cust books production of virginia woolf's novel orlando book plays around with gender identities and questions the established male and female roles in a playful manner but he's doing it in a country known for its traditional even conservative values is that a deliberate provocation. is kind of it's not a provocation at least that's not my intention rather we take a very poetic approach to having a man play a queen or that the orlando role is danced by a woman. and of how overtones of the novel tells the story of the magical transformation of orland