【Furry News】梅萨（Mesa）年度毛茸茸大会将艺术，动物服饰和尊巴舞融合在一起。
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原文标题: Annual furry convention in Mesa mixes art, animal costumes and Zumba
原文链接: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa/2019/10/27/arizona-fur-con-mixes-art-and-creativity-mesa/2471798001/
编者: 布赖恩纳·J·弗兰克 by（美国）亚利桑那州
原稿发布时间: 北美山地表准时间2019年10月27日上午8:48
小贴士:本文中的梅萨毛茸茸舞会可能是美国的一个社区型的舞会，具体信息的我目前没有找到，我不知道我说的对不对，如果那位知道的可以留言下，谢谢。
Zumba（尊巴）是国际流行的健身课程。
喜欢打扮精美的动物服装并穿着“ fursonas”的人本周末聚集在Mesa参加Arizona Fur Con。
毛茸茸的亚文化的一位参与者将其与为万圣节打扮。
“那种认为这很奇怪的人，我只是说，'你在万圣节穿过服装吗？' 我们只是24/7全天候执行，”“萨曼莎·谢泼勒说。
Shepler的fursona是Shiba，这是一种Shiba Inu犬种，现年27岁，他形容为“一小撮凶猛的能量”。
根据活动网站的资料，毛茸茸的人包括喜欢打扮成具有人类特色的动物的人，但也包括那些通过艺术，音乐和其他创意渠道欣赏拟人化动物的人。
Shepler于星期六在凤凰城梅萨万豪酒店和梅萨会议中心的三角洲酒店举行的会议上主持了尊巴舞会议。
Shepler和Shipler穿着Shiba的头和尾巴，这是一个红头发的狗，尾巴上有蓬松的金色尾巴，十几个人在从Maroon 5到Britney Spears的混合流行歌曲中跳舞。 有些穿着服装，有些则没有。
Shepler和大会上的其他人说，毛茸茸的社区经常被误解。
“它帮助很多人开箱即用”
萨曼莎·谢普勒（Samantha Shepler）于2019年10月26日星期六在梅萨（Mesa）的Arizona Fur Con上带领她的尊巴舞班。
Shepler对毛茸茸的社区来说还比较陌生。 大约一年前，她的妻子向她介绍了它。
Shepler是一位长期的舞蹈演员，她看到了将自己的手艺带入同人圈的机会。 她说，跳舞和穿皮草都是帮助人们克服不安全感的方法，并希望她的尊巴舞课程能使与会者有信心参加大会周六晚间舞蹈比赛。
谢普勒说，虽然毛茸茸可能是打破常规的非常规方法，但谢普勒说，这是普通公众过于苛刻的判断。
她说：“我只是提醒人们，这很有趣，当很多人没有被他们的外表，移动方式或状态确定时，这会帮助很多人。”
舍普勒说：“你可以丢狗跳舞，或者出去与人交谈，而不会遇到这些不安全感和焦虑。”
毛茸茸的社区是多种多样的，人们有机会表达广泛的兴趣。
“您不必穿西装，也不必拥有（sona）索纳舞。如果您想玩得开心，要有艺术性，要制作手工艺品并结识新朋友，那么这里就有很多人 想要与您做完全一样的事情。”
Shelper说，关于毛茸茸的社区的一个普遍误解是，其所有成员都将穿毛皮衣服视为一种性恋物癖。 他们没有。
她说，皮草适合于某些人，因为几乎任何人都喜欢。
她说：“我们不是作为性玩偶而走来走去。” “我们只是在这里度过了愉快的时光。就像有人穿球衣来参加体育运动一样，我就是这么做的-穿上狗来跳舞更好。”
Kayla Williams和Austin Solid于2019年10月26日星期六在梅萨的Arizona Fur Con演出。
23岁的Austin Solid将毛茸茸的套装描述为“艺术品”，并表示他不认为对于毛茸茸的恋物癖社区中的那些人来说，它们会很舒适。
他说：“这套衣服并不便宜，不用了，谢谢。” “他们又热又汗。”
28岁的凯拉·威廉姆斯（Kayla Williams）说，毛茸茸的狂热的核心是年轻人。
威廉姆斯说：“这一切都是为了一个家庭并互相支持。”
她说：“这完全是关于艺术表现力，并帮助人们开放并成为自己，这就是它的美。”
他们说，大多数毛茸茸的人都认为，皮草套装是一个机会，他们可以在没有穿西装的情况下被吓到而富有创意和外向。
成长中的社区
威廉姆斯（Williams）和固体（Solid）以亚利桑那州毛茸茸的服装公司Thunderhowl Studios的所有者为生。
他们是周六下午大会上的几十个供应商之一。
威廉姆斯（Williams）自2014年以来一直经营皮草西装业务。Solid最近辞去了他的9比5的工作，全职从事这项业务，他们从客厅中走出来。
他们说，毛茸茸的社区很大而且还在增长。
威廉姆斯说：“这起初只是一个利基市场，但现在有如此庞大的市场。” “有太多的需求我们无法跟上。”
他们俩都有家具，尽管他们都在周六的供应商摊位上工作。
米洛·亨德森（Milo Henderson）饰演角色Sunny Marbles，于2019年10月26日星期六在梅萨（Mesa）的Arizona Fur Con上摆姿势。
Solid的毛茸茸是狗，而Williams的是猫-兔子杂种。
威廉姆斯说：“她体现了我的全部欢乐。” “当我戴上她时，我所有的问题都消失了，一切都高兴了。”
她补充说：“我不喝酒，我什么都不做-就是西装。”
两人都说，穿上西装可以使他们立即充满信心。
Solid说他不像以前那样穿皮草，但是他说他的社交焦虑要小得多，这在很大程度上是因为毛茸茸的社区给了他信心。
威廉姆斯继续定期穿西装，而且似乎不会很快停止。
威廉姆斯说：“如果我走到人群旁，我将缩小为一无所有，但随后我穿上西装，一切都很棒。”
Arizona Fur Con贯穿周日。
原文:
People who like to dress up in elaborate animal costumes and take on "fursonas" gathered in Mesa this weekend for Arizona Fur Con.
One participant in the furry subculture compared it to dressing up for Halloween.
"The people that kind of see it as weird, I just say, 'Do you ever wear a costume on Halloween?' We just do that 24/7,'" Samantha Shepler said.
Shepler's fursona is Shiba, a Shiba Inu breed of dog that the 27-year-old describes as "a tiny, fierce bundle of energy."
While a furry includes those who like to dress up as animals with human characteristics, it also includes those who appreciate anthropomorphic animals through art, music and other creative outlets, according to the event's website.
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Shepler led a Zumba session at the convention on Saturday at Delta Hotels by Marriott Phoenix Mesa and Mesa Convention Center.
Dressed in the head and tail of Shiba, a red-haired pooch with a fluffy golden tail, Shepler and more than a dozen people danced through remixed pop songs from Maroon 5 to Britney Spears. Some were in costume, some were not.
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'It helps a lot of people out of their box'
Shepler is relatively new to the furry community; she was introduced to it by her wife about a year ago.
A longtime dancer, Shepler saw the chance to bring her craft to the fandom. She said both dance and fur-suiting are ways to help people overcome insecurities, adding that she hoped her Zumba session would give attendees the confidence to join the convention's Saturday evening dance competition.
Though being a furry might be an unconventional way to break out of one's shell, Shepler said it's something the general public judges too harshly.
"I just remind people that it's super fun and it helps a lot of people out of their box when they're not being judged by how they look or how they're moving or how they are at certain profiles," she said.
"You can just throw on a dog and dance, or just go out and talk to people without having these insecurities and anxieties — you have a barrier," Shepler said.
The furry community is diverse, with opportunities for people to express a wide array of interests.
"You don't have to have a suit, you don't have to have a (fur)sona. If you like to have fun and be artistic and to craft and just to meet people, there are a lot of people out here that want exactly the same thing you do."
Shelper said a common misconception about the furry community is that all of its members see fur-suiting as a sexual fetish. They don't.
She said there is that component of fur-suiting for some, as there is in virtually any fandom.
"We're not walking around as sex puppets," she said. "We're just out here having a good time. Just like somebody puts on a jersey to play sports, that's what I do — put on a dog to dance better."
Kayla Williams and Austin Solid pose at the Arizona Fur Con in Mesa on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019.
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Austin Solid, 23, described furry suits as "works of art" and said he doesn't imagine they'd be very comfortable for those who are part of the furry fetish community.
"The suits aren't cheap — no thanks," he said. "They are hot and sweaty."
Kayla Williams, 28, said the core of furry fandom is young people.
"It's all about being a family and supporting each other," Williams said.
"It's all about artistic expression and helping people open up and be themselves, and that's the beauty of it," she said.
Most furries, they said, see fur-suiting as an opportunity to be creative and outgoing in ways they would be too intimidated by without their suit on.
A growing community
Williams and Solid make their living as owners of Arizona-based furry costume company Thunderhowl Studios.
They were among the several dozen vendors at the convention Saturday afternoon.
Williams has run a fur suit business since 2014. Solid recently quit his 9-to-5 job to devote himself full-time to the business, which they run out of their living room.
They said the furry community is large and growing.
"It started as a niche thing but now there is such a huge market," Williams said. "There is so much demand we just can't keep up."
They both have a fursonas, although they were all business at their vendor booth on Saturday.
Milo Henderson, as character Sunny Marbles, poses at the Arizona Fur Con in Mesa on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019.
Solid's furry is a dog, while Williams' is a cat-rabbit hybrid.
"She embodies all of my joy," Williams said. "When I put her on, all of my problems go away and everything is happy."
"I don't drink, I don't do any of that — the suit is it," she added.
Putting on the suits gives them an immediate burst of confidence, both said.
Solid said he doesn't fur-suit as much as he used to, but he said he has far less social anxiety, in large part because of the confidence the furry community gave him.
Williams continues to fur-suit regularly and doesn't appear to be stopping anytime soon.
"If I walk up to a crowd, I'm going to shrink down into nothing, but then I put the suit on and everything's fantastic," Williams said.
Arizona Fur Con runs through Sunday.
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