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Elephant in the Room: staring down the stigma of black men's mental health by Bridget Minamore

In his dance-theatre solo about a young working-class man, Lanre Malaolu draws on his own experiences with depression A couple of years ago, the actor and choreographer Lanre Malaolu was creating a duet about mental health. "I was working with an amazing contortionist dancer," he remembers. "But for various reasons she had to drop out … I didn't have time to get anyone else." He swears under his breath and smiles, …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:39AM on April 1, 2019

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