2/2 2003 Ekaterina Kondaurova reportage [with translation]

[theamazingsoter]

I forgot to thank you for the subtitles, looovecats, they are very helpful! By watching Katya now, it's obvious that she's an entirely different woman who has matured a lot as both a dancer and a person. I'm glad she reconsidered her diet because if she had continued starving herself, she wouldn't have been able to dance for much longer. Still, there're people who compare her with other Mariinsky dancers and call her a "big girl" or simply "fat", which is not true. She's perfect just as she is.

[sylphida]

its really not necessary eat that way to be thin, she was saying she didn't have enough time to lounge around feeling really full and if your only going to eat one thing fruits are a good choice.

[Pearlaceous]

At that time she was eating baby food, fruit and juice to keep her weight so low. :-( Poor Katia. I really hope any young dancers watching this do not think it a healthy way to eat.

[looovecats]

@Pearlaceous

I read once interview with Lopatkina and she said that she also isn't hungry whole day and sometimes she eats only grapefruits. I wonder if their bodies are really used to not eating whole day or they just persuade it to themselves.

[theamazingsoter]

@looovecats A bit of both. Remember, though, that in the same interview, Lopatkina said that she would often eat lots of the traditional Russian food she loves, but that she limits the big meals to the days she doesn't have to dance. It's true that it's unconfortable to dance on a full stomach, which is why they often skip lunch or eat something light like fruit.

[l0ls0m3b0dy]

THANK YOU!!

[AmyKauai]

thank you!

[palubob]

Whay a delightful and unaffected young woman! Thanks again to you, and Polish TV, for bringing us this little treasure.