Lebanese dancer Alexandre Paulikevitch defies threats with sold-out Beirut show

The Lebanese dancer’s sold-out performance to a cheering crowd at a popular Beirut venue had angered fundamentalist movements ranging from the right-wing Christian Soldiers of God to Sunni Islamists, who say Paulikevitch is “promoting homosexuality,” because he wears dresses and corsets and undulates to classical Arabic music. (AP video shot by Malak Harb) Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home