Seeham Rahman , March 5th, 2021 09:29 In celebration of Beethoven's 250th jubilee, Seeham Rahman explores how queer identity and ballroom culture reflects the composer's identity as an outcast in Emilie Norenberg's debut short film Ball culture is ‘a celebration of [a] life that the rest of the world does not deem worthy of celebration’, remarks POSE’s Blanca Rodriguez-Evangelista, founder of the ball’s House of Evangelista, on the momentous FX television show depicting the ‘80’s New York ballroom scene. Such a narrative is not only housed in Ryan Murphy’s fictional world, nor solely in New York. It emerges with every gestural detail and sequin that adorns the bodies of those who step foot into existing communities worldwide. Director Emilie Norenberg wonderfully portrays this truth in her debut short film