WDYT: Sugar Plum Fairy Weight Criticized

hannikan · December 2010

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20101213/us_yblog_thelookout/sugar-plum-fairy-doesnt-want-apology-from-critic-who-called-her-fat

(Watch the video interview inside the link that shows her dancing)

MsPurple24 · December 2010

Totally ridiculous. He gets a giant eye roll from me. Confused

angelabbf · December 2010

Grrr...

That's what I think.

She's not overweight. She looks strong, healthy and is a beautiful dancer (from what I can tell from the video).

WAY to much pressure on women to be skinny.

hannikan · December 2010

She was very well-spoken on the subject. There is tremendous pressure on ballet dancers in particular to be physically perfect, including quite thin. But like she mentioned if you do become anorexic you will not have the strength to do the physical demands of ballet. She's a beautiful dancer and should certainly not have been criticized for her weight. I don't agree with him at all that she is overweight for a ballerina, that it detracted from her dancing or made the moves look off. And I did ballet for a few years myself so I do know something about what the moves should look like. My mother was also anorexic when she was a late teen and in her early 20's and she still struggles with it during times in her life when she gets severely depressed. It's sort of like alcoholism or drug addiction, once you have been anorexic you will struggle with not falling back into it for the rest of your life. So I know how important it is not to send this message to young women and girls. I hope this woman will do as she says and not take his words to heart.

LoLoPanda · December 2010

I say Bravo to her. Her grace regarding the subject is really admirable. She doesn't want an apology from him and I wouldn't either. Instead she decides to focus on her craft and encourages others to celebrate dance itself and the different types (including body types) of people who perform it? Bravo!

Dude on the other hand, gets a thumbs down. What a d-bag.

sm23 · December 2010

Another eye roll from me. First, I don't think either dancer is actually overweight, so the reviewer either needs his eyes checked or his expectations adjusted. I don't care if traditionally ballet dancers were skinnier in the past; they appear to be perfectly healthy, still on the skinny side if you ask me.

Secondly, just because he ALSO criticized the male dancer for being fat doesn't make the critique of the female any better. As far as I'm concerned, he's an idiot for criticizing either of them for their weight.

Finally, I don't get how their weight is at all relevant here (maybe someone with dancing experience can enlighten me on something I don't know.) The review should focus on their dancing abilities, not their weight.

hersheykiss · December 2010

I danced for 21 years and I learned a few things about myself and other dancers. I know I never had the greatest dancer body, but I refused to starve myself to look "pretty" in order to do something that I knew was not going to be my career path. I agree with her...it is all about grace, poise and stage presence. As long as she is comfortable with her body, and her dancing and her instructors like her form, there is nothing wrong with it. I cannot see the video of her at work, but I don't think I need to see it. I admire her, if it was me I wouldn't want an apology either.

mandy0505 · December 2010

That is craziness...she is so beautifu;!

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