I'm a ballet dancer and you don't have to be thin! Well...I have mussels in the back of my legs witch make my legs look bigger than they actually r... WHO GIVES A SHIT THOUGH!
@myfishedward I agree. You do not really have to be super duper skinny in order to do ballet. You can't determine true ballet beauty by looking at someone's body. It's how they dance and portray a character that counts...Sometimes people forget about that.
I'm a Ballet dancer and I know that you have to eat to have enough strength! You'd never make it if you were Anorexic or Bulimic! Skinny? Yeas certainly you can. But not seriously ill skinny!
For the record ''BALLERINAS' are professional dancers in professional companies. Going to ballet classes does not make U a ballerina. Some amateur wannabees are anorexic but pros CANNOT be anorexic AND do the work required, physically impossible. Plus prof. training keeps weight unnaturally low without affecting health & strength one bit. I retired from RB skinny, stopped exercising and Lo! I'm not skinny now I have stopped intensive training! Check out retired athletes who now appear 'plump'.
im a ballerina, and i go to a small private dance studio. three girls-including my teacher- are annorexic. Its really scary, and sometimes you have to keep reminding yourself that you are beautiful, and that you love food, to keep yourself from going that way. My condolances to anyone who has lost a girl to annorexia its a truely horrible disease
i think youll find that any body in a profesional that involves you wearing lycra everyday probably has issues with their weight at some point... just like in REAL LIFE??
im a ballet dancer and i dont have an eating problems and noone that goes to the dance school that i got to dont have eating problems and ballet isn't a dark world it's fun!
@TaylorSwift1133 That's the way ballet should be! Sometimes people forget to enjoy their hobby...ballet isn't suppose to be about torturing your bodies o_O
you know what i think is bollocs? metabolisms. there has been a british study stating the reason you are thin is because you eat less. the reason you are fat is you eat too much then you should. the only way you stay thinnnn but eat a lot is if you excersice a lot. so no there is no such thing as NATURAL THIN. or "im fat because my metabolism is slow" actually people who are overweight and eat a lot have a higher metabolism then the thin girl who claim to be "naturally thin" :)
If a ballet dancer develops anorexia or bulimia wouldn't she/he be unable to dance? I mean, yeah professional ballet dancers are skinny, but they clearly also require alot of muscle to do what is required of them in their dancing.
Ok ppl there are really few ballerinas with eating diorders really ppl okay there natrualy thin that way what form you ask BALLET its not all tights and tutus its exsirsize and im a ballerina im even on pointe ive been danceing science 3 o and im not a skinni girl im short got big brest and thighs so yeah
-endulum has swung the other way, and people are looking down upon those who they say are "too thin".... But by who's standards? Society? The media? You?
Imagine a woman who would be classified as "overweight", making an argument about being larger and proud of it. Now apply it to a girl who is classified by our national community as "too thin".... We live in a hypocritical world.
We're not hurting you or anyone else. So please leave us alone and stop judging, or at lease judge equally (for 'bi
Som girls from my ballet company and I came across this, and what we couldn't understand is, who do people think they are telling us what is too thin? Its our lives, why would you care?
People rarely go to a video about women who have an eating disorder of over eating and say, "oh my god that's so sad! She's so fat! She needs help! That's wrong, there's too much pressure to be fat."
People say society is putting pressure on women to be thin, but now the p
no one that you know of at your studio has an eating disorder. they may not be thin and if they arent really thin they will not ever admit to having an eating problem because they are ashamed that people wont believe them because they dont look ill. trust me.
I was a gymnast and even though i quit i still love it. I watch it, read it, and talk about it. My mom keeps asking if i want to do gymnastics again...i dont know if i do. Ive always been skinny, but not skinny enough, good, but not good enough, daring, but not daring enough..-/3. If your looking for a good book about that sorta thing read Chalked Up by Jennifer Sey.
13 years old. 4'10. 90lbs
Fat, skinny, super skinny, average, sorta chubby, obese?
I'm a dancer. Of many diffrent styles. I've gone a week without eating, my ballet instructer said it made me better. So I cept doing it. 13 years old. 80 pounds.
@omegacon I know right? That's my point.(no pun intended) I know If I don't eat for a day my head hurts sooo bad and I can't even concentrate in class. And if you don't have a naturally skinny body then see your nutritionist and they can come up with a perfectly balanced plan for diet and exercise. Some people just have to work a little harder doesn't mean you have to starve. And please no hate.
Improper nutrition for a ballerina hinders your performance and your strength. Out of any other type of dance Ballerinas sustain the most injuries. Not eating properly and over exercising is hell on your muscles and the cartilage between your joints is the very last thing you want to wear away; you'll never dance again. I did ballet from 5-15 I can see how eating disorders happen and the stress alone will drive you mad but not every ballerina has an ED . If career is important - i'd get help.
i have been a ballerina since i was 4 and now i am 20 and i can so relate to this video. i have been dealing with anorexica since i was 8 years old and i am still trying to fight the battle that almost took my life when i was 15. it is demanding but dangerous but i do believe that you can do ballet and not have an EDO it is possible, so dont give up hope on what you want to do! <3
@leiahloo1111 i was one too at a point in my life and there were a couple of girls who did have anorexia...our instructor would tell us that the less we weighed, the more flawless we'd be...theres just pressure all around...
ahh so much hate for somoene trying to raise awareness. if you have an ED from ballet then its time to switch studios or simply eat better. and see that YOURE NOT FAT!!!!!
@AmyH214 no your still growing don't worry if you keep up a healthy live style get all your veggies and fruits in you propably fine but if you want to make sure just ask your docotor. but don't be afraid, you'll feel better once you ask and youll feel more comfortable around your docotr too.
okay well this video is completely stupid im sorry but most dancers as in those who are going to dance pro have the matablism to burn about 600 calories in one hour class and dancing for more than that in a day you have a very fit dancer. i dance and i weigh 140lbs yeah well i do soccer to but PLEASE remeber that muscle wieghs more that fat and their is no fat on a pro dance. don't be steryotyping befor you live a life a pro ballerina or one training to dance for a living
i really do get offended that people label us as anorexic and say that all dancers have an eating disorder. course there are cases of dancers with anorexia BUT not all the time. if you train hours and and hours a week, your not going to be very big are you? i train 11 hours a week at my dance school, and then i study dance at my sixth form college and i make sure i do allot exercise, people tell me im anorexic because im slim and i have no breasts but they should stop being judgemental.
Seems like the maker of this video is kinda obsessed with the idea of being skinny...considering the screen name is skinny girl to the max. Like wwooow. And fyreballerina or whatever your name is, shut up cuz you're so ignorant. Why don't you do a little research before you try to act like such a know it all! For all you people fighting over whether dancers are annorexic or not, SOME OF THEM ARE AND SOME OF THEM ARE NOT. SOME OF THEM ARE PROS AND SOME OF THEM AREN'T! get over it people seriousl
Not true at all, a) ballerinas are not all skinny. I would consider myself a ballerina and I don't look like the girls in the pictures, BUT I can dance and I know I can!
Okay I'm a dancer and I'm just saying this could be someones story and for those of you who say " no professional dancer has an ED" well just putting it out there that Gelsey Kirkland did and I've know ballet dancers that have had an ED.
you put some photos of ballerinas ; so what? all of them are stronger then you may be, pls look at their muscles!! they're not thin, they're strong, they are strong enoughh to balance on one foot and let the other leg go next to their head, so don't be jelaous cause they're beautiful, just apperaciate(don't know how to write ) it!
I think this video is insulting and even seems as if your trying to encourage people to not eat. Dancers commonly do not choose to not eat, they do eat but the physical demand of all the classes make them work hard. And ust because someone is skinny does NOT mean they have an eating disorder
This is insulting. Just because someones skinny you dont immediately say they have an eating disorder!!! I wokhard to do what i love - ballet, I'm skinny, flat chested but i still eat like a horse! Its cos ballet is so physically deemanding dancers kjust work off what they eat cos of how much the do per class.
My mother said that I couldn't be a ballerina because I'm fat and short.And I have bad foot... I've made aside all my dreams and 30 years later I find that I'm not happy at all. I'll start again. I'll become a ballerina, maby I'll never perform in any stage, but is something that I have to do ...just for me...
I have lost 26 lb and still have to lose 46 more...
You get sick from all the stuff that you heard in the TV and in the press, but you have to find a way to get what you want and love!
Not many dancers eat fat. My teachers have always pushed the brown rice, vegetables, water and nothing else diet on us. i eat a banana for breakfast, a vitamin tablet for lunch and that nowadays and i'm still chunkier than i should be! i can eat next to nothing and i still weigh too much (130lbs so dont go thinking im super thin and chattin rubbish!). so i am never surprised at these stories.
@Jazzytotherescue no its not bollocs and im 5'1 btw... its just my metabolism. and i eat fat. and youre probably not chunky for your height cause im a munchkin. not ideal for a classical ballerina but whatev. me like me pointy shoes:)
@Caitiethorne u totally should quit that school, cuz if you're teacher is wrong, she wont teach you anything true (for dance AND life) so it's pretty useless going to that school ... logic
this video does not suggest all ballerinas have eating disorders, it merely states that this is a look at an Eating disorder through A ballerinas eyes.........get a grip.
This is really degrading towards dancers, yes some people do have a eating disorder but there are many more who don't. This is the side of dancing that is highlighted most and if you don't dance you should NOT be making a video about it. Also,if you are dancing 6 days a week and at least 20 hours per week, no matter how much you eat, it is nearly impossible to keep weight on.
By the way u pick the worst version possible of the sugar plum variation song.
Good lord. skinnygurltothemax DID NOT say "this is about every single ballerina on the face of this world because I know them all and know EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM as an eating disorder!" Read the freaking description before you go jumping down someone's throat.
Yo guys, she said that not all dancers are anorexic. It's true, they are thin because they dance so much. But some are because you rely on your body to do the work, if the line doesn't suit your taste, SOME girls, and very few at that, turn to anorexia. It's not an insult-it's the truth. I'm a dancer and I know that it happens.
i am disgusted...ugh this really makes me mad. Ballet dancers are skinny? so they are stronger than most people the strenght it takesto do this stuff is unbelivable. i myself take ballet and i do not starve my self or anything, just like ANY athlete the probably watch what they eat, they are a peiti build u have offended many ppl with this hope ur happy
ballerinas should stop being obsessed with being extremely thin to the point of being malnourished, starving or anorexic!!! I AM A FAT BALLERINA but that doesn't stop me from dancing and being who I want to be and not someone others think I should be 'cause that's just not me!!! besides, people have the right to eat what they want. ;D
@chesykin97 well..im not fat and im not anorexic..but im a tiny bit chunky, the teachers look at you and i look at myself in the mirror and i look bigger then everyo0ne else. wider i mean, and one of my really good friends in my class, well shes thinner then me, but shes also more flexible, ..she got a point solo..i didnt. i know that i have things to work on. i have to 1. lose less. 2. stretch more. being skinny, is part of the whole package. its like the icing on top of the cake. you know?
I don't think they have to starve. I've done ballet for seven years eating whatever i want and i think it is the exercise from dancing that slims the person down. I put on weight when i stopped dancing.
I would say it's a rumor that ballet dancers have an eating disorder(maybe some but not all), just because the most of them are very skinny. But not always! In my group all girls are normal. And I have to agree with dancerbri45. Last week when I tried to dieting again and I didn't eat 'normal' I was so weak while ballet lesson!! And the fact that I'm thinking a lot about my weight and dieting (although I'm normal) has nothing to do with ballet ;)
this insulting, i have done ballet for 12 years im 15 and i weigh 106 pounds and i DO NOT have an eating disorder never in my life have i ever thought twice about eating. and ballerinas are so strong and skinny cause they exercise, an eating disorder is an easy way out of working out but it does not help your dancing career and make you stronger. it makes you weaker you have no idea what kind of exercise a ballerina does. you should go take a class or two.
Does This Mean There Are No 'Bigger' Girls That Are In Ballet?
I'm Sure There Is Somewhere, And They're Probabaly Just As Good.
You Shouldnt Just Assume That All Ballerinas Are 'So Strong And Skinny.'
Also, There Are People Who Take Ballet And Have An ED, Not Because They Want An Easy Way out, Things Like That Are Usually Not Just A Random Decision. Think Before You Say, You'll Get Farther.
even I would agree that most ballet dancers usually eat quite a bit.
though there are girls who get pushed unfortunately due to harsh teachers out there who will tell a girl to lose weight if she isn't very slim : /. And then there are the ones who smoke, but that's worse for something like ballet ;:|
the girls I've kown who've done ballet are healthy, but they have told stories of other girls they know
@barbieguirl excuse me but i have an eating disorder and we take an easy way out of working out? we prolly workout more in one day than you do in a week. Im no ballet dancer or anything but ive been to a few classes and around it my whole life. You're blaming skinnygurltothemax for not understanding ballet and yet you're doing it to people with eating disorders, ballerinas or not. Didn't anyone teach you to think before you speak?.. or type? Excessive exercise is a sign of anorexia or bulimia.
@rice1213 im sorry but ballet is the biggest physical exercice of all, it's hard beyond everything u could possibly imagine & it's NOT a sign of anorexia or any other stupid thing! i dont want to be mean to people who have an eating desorder but i have difficulties to accept people who disdain food when 9 million people r starving to death in the world right now, so sorry if im being offensive. anyway, ballet dancers cant be anorexic, they'll just fall on the floor cuz it takes strengh to dance!
I beg to differ on that last part. And sorry that some people have eating disorders...you know that's an anxiety disorder that people don't consciously choose right?
@godseesme i do know that, like i said, i really didnt want to offence anyone but what i said is how i honestly feel ... i know that some people have eating disorders but i just doesnt go with dance
While you do need strength to dance, that doesn't mean that someone with an eating disorder can't be a dancer. In the early stages, you can still be strong, and once your body adjusts to the new style, it doesn't feel as weak to not eat or get less nutrients. I know it doesn't SEEM possible to dance with an eating disorder because of how weak it can make you, but before you get to some of the higher stages of the disorder, it's entirely possible to still be a dancer.
@godseesme its ok, thanks for sharing. i guess it is possible to dance IN EARLY STAGES with an eating disorder ... but i dont call that being a ballerina/dancer ...
No one ever said that's what dance is about. Just that sometimes it occurs in the world of dance just like it occurs in the world of wrestling, track, and gymnastics. And the significant pattern is that about 1/3 of professional dancers have had an ED at some point. It's triggered by stress. This is my last post. I'm done arguing about this. I know what I can do. I know what other dancers can do. I know my psychology and my ballet.
@godseesme huuh, ur contradicting urself ... you said in ur other comment that "you didnt say professional" and now ur saying 1/3 of them have an ED at some point !!! anyways, ED is about self-esteam issues or wanting to have control over one's life ... not about stress caused by a dance performance ...
Taking back that it was my last post... Didn't contradict myself. Answered your post ABOUT professional dancers. I didn't say professional. You did. And eating disorders are about a WHOLE lot more than just self-esteem and control. There's also depression, stress, and anxiety. There is never just one answer in psychology.
Didn't say 1/3. Said ABOUT 1/3. Meaning approximately. Meaning there was an empirical study that took a sample and found a percentage. Not that they asked every single dancer ever. It's an approximation. It's really not worth arguing about anymore. Whether or not the girl was a dancer, she had an eating disorder. Just don't want you saying she had an eating disorder BECAUSE she was a dancer because people outside dance have as much of a chance of developing EDs as dancers. =]
Hmm sorry forget that last sentence, was on about a different video. Didn't look at which video this was. Lost track of who I was talking to. lol What I went was, don't want you think that you can't dance just because you have an eating disorder, because it is possible and it has been done many times.
@godseesme lol thats ok. i still find it very hard to believe (impossible ?) that "ABOUT" 1/3 PROFESSIONAL dancers have an ED at some point ... the "study" is just a fail in my opinion. anyway, if u dance, keep dancing ! :)
Lol sorry about all the arguing. I'm a very stubborn psychology major/recovering eating disorder victim/ballerina aiming to go professional, so whenever this subject comes up, I get very...involved. Happy dancing ♥
@barbieguirl ummm..ED's are never easy.. i know your insulted by this but like rice1213 said "You're blaming skinnygurltothemax for not understanding ballet and yet you're doing it to people with eating disorders" i know a ballerina personally and she does have an ED we talk about it often.. she is 17 and dancing is her life but so is ED she is 5'2 75lbs--honestly i dont know how the hell she does it with out fuel for her body.. but ppl with ED generally exercise ALOT
@barbieguirl First of all, nowhere in this video did 'skinnygurltothemax' say all ballerina's have eating disorders. She's simply made a video about one hypothetical situation in which a girl DOES have an eating disorder, and second of all,
an eating disorder is just an easy way out of working out?
WOW, DON'T YOU JUST KNOW ALL ABOUT EATING DISORDERS. I have an eating disorder, actually, and that comment made me feel fucking sick. You think I'd do this just to get out of exercise? Good work.
@barbieguirl I don't recall seeing skinnygurltothemax saying this was about every dancer in this description. Maybe this is about her or someone she knows. A lot of girls, not all dancers, go through this. The maker of this video was being expressive, if you don't like it: don't watch it. Maybe you were insulting skinnygurltothemax, ever think of that?
@barbieguirl an eating disorder is NOT an "easy way out" of ANYTHING and its not something that can be controlled you don't just wake up and say oh! im too lazy to work out im just gunna starve myself to death and there are many different types of eating disorders in which some of the times the girl/guy exersize to purge the calories that they have eaten so i think that you should know what your talking about before you go and judge a deadly disease ok? thanks!
Plus (adding on, not arguing), most victims of eating disorders have them due to control issues, anxiety disorders, or depression. Not because of a desire to be thin. Or, at least it starts with one of those three before it becomes a desire to be thin.
Read her description. She said she portrayed ONE situation and said that not all dancers have eating disorders but SOME DO. And as a psychology major and a ballerina, I can tell you that it is not uncommon in ballet, wrestling, and track athletes. Read descriptions and check facts before ranting.
@barbieguirl I take 8 hours of just ballet a week thanks. I feel like shit about myself and i'm 5'7 and weigh about 130ish. not everyone can be as fortionate as you, conciter yourself lucky.
@dancexsingxact it's not about being lucky ... it's about stopping to cry over urself saying "oh im so fat bla bla bla i wish i was thin bla bla i wish i looked like bla bla" if u think ur so fat, well get up and work and if u dont well drop it and live ur life. not trying to be mean, i just dont like when people complain and complain about themselves.
@barbieguirl That's a very ignorant statement. People who have dealt with ED are strong people because it takes a lot to go through it not weak. And what video are you watching? She's not saying just because you do ballet you have an ED. Read the description. Sheesh.
You, my dear, are very underweight, unless you are under 5 foot 3. altho at 15 thats not a bad weight to be for a dancer, what your actually saying there is total bollocks. you discredited your own point with your 106lbs.
@barbieguirl Some ballet dancers are thin because of things like genes and patterns of exercise. However, there are a larger number of dancers (maybe larger than you may realize at the young age of 15) who do resort to eating disorders to become or stay thin. You're right to mention it makes you weaker and hurts in the long run, but you are SO wrong to say it is the easy way out. If you don't have an eating disorder, then YOU have no idea what having one is like or how hard it is. Trust me.
@rmatherr most dancers in training are thin because they WORK for it, not puke for it ... and i can be sure that no professional dancer has an eating disorder ! ED isn't a part of ballet or art. im sure it's hard but i juste cant BELIEVE there are still people disdaining food when more than 9 MILLION people are starving to death in the world ... i truely dont mean to be offensive but this breaks my heart ! people should think of others too
@Zippersftw i still believe it is... it's like smoking, it's your body you ARE in control ... there's nothing easier than NOT taking a cigarette NOT lighting it and NOT putting it in your mouth ! same thing for eating ... sure it's hard for them i do know that but at some point u've got to stop crying over yourself and be all "oh, i wish i looking like paris hilton, aw im so fat, i hate myself" jeez, i truely dont mean to be offensive but people in america/europe have NO idea how lucky they are!
@sophiarocksyourworld i dont think u got what i meant .... therefore there is no reason for me to be an "idiot" ... i will truely never understand the point of insulting people u dont know on youtube :S anyway, ballet is not about being skinny ... no TRUE ballerina/artist has an ED.
@FyreBalletDancer I remember the moment i broke down and cried when i wanted to eat and be healthy again so so bad but realised that i just couldn't do it on my own. and the reason people have to go to rehab is cuz they aren't in control.... my ed wasnt even about what i looked like, it was about control, its like any other addiction. I am thankful for everything i have, it was not my choice to have an ED. however it was my choice to recover, i know i couldn't have done it without rehab.
@Zippersftw You think i would go weeks without eating because i wanted to? i was terrified to eat or gain weight. sounds kinda crazy huh? like a.. mental disorder or something. oh no, the doctors must of just diagnosed with something they made up.and i must have been put in rehab because i wanted to be.
@FyreBalletDancer I'm not going to get into a long, drawn out debate about this with you--I don't have the same patience as godseesme, so I'm going to say this plain and simple and you can choose to take it or leave it. I agree most dancers are thin from dancing, not ED. I'm just saying there are dancers (professional or not) that do have an ED, whether it be anorexia, bulimia or any other disorder. I know there are far too many people who have no choice whether or not to eat; that doesn't
@FyreBalletDancer (continued) mean there aren't people with eating disorders. You and I know it doesn't make sense, but we don't look at food the same way as someone with ED. I appreciate your concern about not offending anybody with your input (I also don't want to offend you) but I think your ignorance or naivety are offensive. I'm sure you're young, so just keep dancing and I hope that in your lifetime you won't have to meet someone with an ED (dancer or not) to believe ED is real.
@rmatherr well i do know for sure that NO professional dancer has an ED trust me ! i dont think my opinion comes from ignorance (and defenetly not naivety) ... but than again, if i was ignorant, i wouldnt know :))
anyways, like i said, i understand how hard it is for them but they just need to wake up and stop crying over themselves ! i realise im hard but i think sometimes u have to be to help people get out of hard stuff...
@FyreBalletDancer This is the last I'm going to write because frankly you're pissing me off. YOU DON'T KNOW FOR SURE THAT NO PROFESSIONAL DANCER HAS AN ED, AND I KNOW THIS BECAUSE YOU'RE WRONG. There is a book called The Dancer's Diet in which actual professional dancers talk about their eating habits and disordered eating. They admit it happens, why can't you? Tough love is not the way to help someone with an ED--their troubles are beyond any help that tough love or "being hard" would do.
@rmatherr my bad : by professional i meant the dancers part of of today's elite. they, for sure, know how much eating, as a dancer, is about health and not skinny-ness. And I strongly believe in people's will power ... so if they want to get out of it, they can as soon as they want to, i think the same for stopping smoking btw. thats all my opinion and i dont get why you're all mad about it, why cant people argue decently anymore ? jeez
@barbieguirl she said " I am not saying all ballerinas have an eating disorder... some do, and I chose to portray this one situation" some ppl feel pressured to be smaller so chill out
@barbieguirl I don't believe they meant it to be insulting considering they said in the description that they're not saying all ballet dancers have an ed.. Just because you don't have one doesnt mean someone in your class isnt suffering in silence 1 out of 10 women have an ed... and id say 3 out of 10 of the girls i was in an eating disorder facility with were dancers.
@barbieguirl the one who uploaded the video clearly states: "I am not saying all ballerinas have an eating disorder... some do, and I chose to portray this one situation"
@barbieguirl There are lots of dancers with eating disorders that are not just limited to anorexia or bulimia... And having been there myself, some people just don't have the genetics to have a ballerina body with just exercise, and will do what it takes to get the role... This is the reality of ballet as dark as it may be. Sorry love.
@barbieguirl not all of us can weigh 106 lbs naturally... a lot of ballet dancers do have eating disorders... I've also been dancing for 12 years so I know a lot about ballet too. I know two girls just in my class that are bullimic and I don't like to admit it but I definatley over exercise and eat a lot less than i should to stay skinny. ballet is a dark world... read "on pointe" and find out the truth...
@mlballerina Well dancing "en pointe" is a matter of logics, anatomy, physics,....to make you the dancer the men will want to lift,...to make you a dancer that can dance and float en point, the more you weight, the tougher the demands on your body. The less you weight, the less damage to your feet, the more work you get, the more desired you become because it makes you easier to work with. Would you rather lift 90lbs or 120lbs? While both can be graceful, the time comes,....
If you are saying eating disorders are wrong and you arent promoting them then wth?? is this vid about? and why is your name ... skinnygurltothemax??!! can we say denial lol
Obviously near enough all the ballet dancers you see are slim, its just the way the ballet world wants you to look ... no it doesnt mean all ballerinas are anerexic but the pressure put on them by dance schools and teachers does unfortunatly make some girls cut back on food or even gain a disorder.. i quit my dance school after a few months because i found out alot of the girls were being told to join gyms and go on a diet bcz they were to heavey when they were perfectly already skinny size 10's
I think that a lot of people are misunderstanding the video. I got the impression that it wasn't promoting eds it was showing what a lot of dancers see everyday and why some of them develop eds.
just my opinion on things: like many people have said, dancers are thin because they work so hard. If you move for hours at a time daily, your bound to lose weight. That's just what happens (unless you have a weight condition)
Surprisingly enough a lot of dancers have body image issues. For me, even teahers from san deigo city ballet and the royal ballet in london had issues with me being 5'3'' at 125lbs."Your to curvey" is what they would tell me. Then I started to notice that if I weighed less I was lighter on my feet and point shose's were more tolerable. When you get to that point even 3lbs makes a diffrence on how you feel on point. Its wieght based on cubic square and there is much serface area on point.
dancers need muscles, theres no way around it...maybe some don't eat right if they are worried about being a ballerina, but mostly you can't make it without muscles and energy. Just one or two hours of dancing is already so cardio vascular, how about hours per day? you can't keep weight on!
OHEY GUYS! Im fat so i must have an eating disorder or else i won't be excepted, like everyone else says, Anorexia is beautiful. (sarcasm) No but really, Im overweight really overweight AND IM HAPPY, i don't need to be stick thin to be happy, I've been offered 5 modeling jobs this year, I can honestly say im not skinny at all, but i am beautiful, this by far is stupid. Every girl is beautiful no matter their weight, what ISN'T beautiful is trying too hard to be beautiful, love yourself.
@MyPetLiger Anerexia and obesity are both equally an eating disorder. You shouldn't care what a scale tells you, it's the mass that matters. It matters to be healthy. The reason I say that they are both a disease is, because they are both out of control eating habits. One extreme to another. See I don't mean to say anything against you, but I just had to say that. Glad that you're content, that's good mental health, but your body isn't happy. You're over working all your oragans.
@katGarkia15 Im not Obese, im just saying, im not stick thin like those ballerinas, yeah i am fat, but not obese. Im also very healthy, it just doesn't show from the outside. Mass, weight, whatever actually shouldn't matter. Maybe it's unhealthy to not care about your body for a change but it's more healthier than gagging over a toilet everyday. Start a revolution, love your bodies.
@MyPetLiger Great! Apologies for the misconception. That's right we should all love our bodies, because we only get one :) The human body is one of the most amazing creations of this earth. There is nothing like it, so everyone should give their body more appreciation.
dude , the reason dancers are so thin is because we do hours of dance everyday of the week . we eat just like every one else . so i think is a very judgemental stereo typical video.
@TheRhythmicFan ?? Most anorexic's use chronic excercise, that's no different from the rigorous training ballerina's go through. I know anorexics that could run miles around you.
Eating disorders very on reason. Thier are many people who want to be thin for looks, To be thin for control. To be thin to be noticed. To be thin to fade away to nothing. In my case I didn't eat because I couldn't find happiness in me to even bother. Food did not fill the hole inside of me. Their are so many reason for self starving that every case is different. I recovered by finding the root of my problem and mine was all the deaths in my family.
Well, a good ballet dancer that works hard enough is portrayed as super thin but really, it's strong and lean. Ballet exercises help your muscle pull in which give you that thin arm, thin legs, and lean abs.
Okay, im 12, i have been dancing literally my whole life and, mostly ballet, and i weigh 92 pounds, i think its bad but im going to freaking starve my self. there is a thing called, exercise and eating healthier. Not completely stop eating.!! it makes me sad
I'm a ballet dancer and you don't have to be thin! Well...I have mussels in the back of my legs witch make my legs look bigger than they actually r... WHO GIVES A SHIT THOUGH!
myfishedward 1 month ago 2
@myfishedward I agree. You do not really have to be super duper skinny in order to do ballet. You can't determine true ballet beauty by looking at someone's body. It's how they dance and portray a character that counts...Sometimes people forget about that.
Annuhz 3 weeks ago
I'm a Ballet dancer and I know that you have to eat to have enough strength! You'd never make it if you were Anorexic or Bulimic! Skinny? Yeas certainly you can. But not seriously ill skinny!
SackGirlie 1 month ago
For the record ''BALLERINAS' are professional dancers in professional companies. Going to ballet classes does not make U a ballerina. Some amateur wannabees are anorexic but pros CANNOT be anorexic AND do the work required, physically impossible. Plus prof. training keeps weight unnaturally low without affecting health & strength one bit. I retired from RB skinny, stopped exercising and Lo! I'm not skinny now I have stopped intensive training! Check out retired athletes who now appear 'plump'.
MrKLT1945 2 months ago 4
im a ballerina, and i go to a small private dance studio. three girls-including my teacher- are annorexic. Its really scary, and sometimes you have to keep reminding yourself that you are beautiful, and that you love food, to keep yourself from going that way. My condolances to anyone who has lost a girl to annorexia its a truely horrible disease
ErikaBallerina1 3 months ago
i think youll find that any body in a profesional that involves you wearing lycra everyday probably has issues with their weight at some point... just like in REAL LIFE??
cerysjonesyrocks24 3 months ago
im a ballet dancer and i dont have an eating problems and noone that goes to the dance school that i got to dont have eating problems and ballet isn't a dark world it's fun!
TaylorSwift1133 3 months ago
@TaylorSwift1133 That's the way ballet should be! Sometimes people forget to enjoy their hobby...ballet isn't suppose to be about torturing your bodies o_O
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sarabeth1410 3 months ago
you know what i think is bollocs? metabolisms. there has been a british study stating the reason you are thin is because you eat less. the reason you are fat is you eat too much then you should. the only way you stay thinnnn but eat a lot is if you excersice a lot. so no there is no such thing as NATURAL THIN. or "im fat because my metabolism is slow" actually people who are overweight and eat a lot have a higher metabolism then the thin girl who claim to be "naturally thin" :)
notsmallenough831 3 months ago
Well I just ate a chocolate cookie.....
TiinaBalleriiina 3 months ago 4
If a ballet dancer develops anorexia or bulimia wouldn't she/he be unable to dance? I mean, yeah professional ballet dancers are skinny, but they clearly also require alot of muscle to do what is required of them in their dancing.
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Olinoula1 4 months ago
Ok ppl there are really few ballerinas with eating diorders really ppl okay there natrualy thin that way what form you ask BALLET its not all tights and tutus its exsirsize and im a ballerina im even on pointe ive been danceing science 3 o and im not a skinni girl im short got big brest and thighs so yeah
XyourcutebabbyX 4 months ago
-endulum has swung the other way, and people are looking down upon those who they say are "too thin".... But by who's standards? Society? The media? You?
Imagine a woman who would be classified as "overweight", making an argument about being larger and proud of it. Now apply it to a girl who is classified by our national community as "too thin".... We live in a hypocritical world.
We're not hurting you or anyone else. So please leave us alone and stop judging, or at lease judge equally (for 'bi
georgetowngirl1994 4 months ago
Why can't people just leave us alone...
Som girls from my ballet company and I came across this, and what we couldn't understand is, who do people think they are telling us what is too thin? Its our lives, why would you care?
People rarely go to a video about women who have an eating disorder of over eating and say, "oh my god that's so sad! She's so fat! She needs help! That's wrong, there's too much pressure to be fat."
People say society is putting pressure on women to be thin, but now the p
georgetowngirl1994 4 months ago
You must be skinny but healthy too. Anorexia skinny and healthy skinny are two different things.
saturnballet 5 months ago 2
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no one that you know of at your studio has an eating disorder. they may not be thin and if they arent really thin they will not ever admit to having an eating problem because they are ashamed that people wont believe them because they dont look ill. trust me.
0723georgia 5 months ago
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0723georgia 5 months ago
i know this pain all to well we must be skinny
happysun995 5 months ago
@capcap584
I am the same height weight and age as you! (Creepy O.o)
but I get a lot of compliments about being skinny and such, so you must be too ^_^
TheJormin 5 months ago
Woops...changing the weight.
95lbs:/ 4'10. 13 yrs old
capcap584 6 months ago
I was a gymnast and even though i quit i still love it. I watch it, read it, and talk about it. My mom keeps asking if i want to do gymnastics again...i dont know if i do. Ive always been skinny, but not skinny enough, good, but not good enough, daring, but not daring enough..-/3. If your looking for a good book about that sorta thing read Chalked Up by Jennifer Sey.
13 years old. 4'10. 90lbs
Fat, skinny, super skinny, average, sorta chubby, obese?
capcap584 6 months ago
@honeydewandpixiedust i can see how it comes to figure skaters. I was a competitive figure skater for 6 years and i know the pressure to be thin.
mlballerina 6 months ago
hard work, hard business
MademoiselleVogue94 6 months ago
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don't wanna say anything but:
this music sucks ;(
LovesDebussy 6 months ago
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LovesDebussy 6 months ago
@honeydewandpixiedust I've heard of Mia going to figure skaters but not Ana though..
missdancersinger 7 months ago
I'm a dancer. Of many diffrent styles. I've gone a week without eating, my ballet instructer said it made me better. So I cept doing it. 13 years old. 80 pounds.
MeganifyGlasses 7 months ago
@MeganifyGlasses honney i have a very very very simple (and important !!!!!!!!!!) advice
PLEASE.FOR.YOUR.OWN.TRAINING.CHANGE.YOUR.SO.CALLED.INSTRUCTER
FyreBalletDancer 6 months ago
@FyreBalletDancer
I have, I'm at a new studio. And they support me becoming stronger. Thank you.
MeganifyGlasses 6 months ago
@MeganifyGlasses im sooo happy about it :) keep dancing and good luck
FyreBalletDancer 5 months ago
song pleaaaase??? :) I know its a classic but its a remix right? :)
YukiKuran9 7 months ago
@YukiKuran9 tshaikovsky: dance of the sugar plum fairy from "the nutcracker" :)
katho8472 7 months ago
@katho8472 thank yoououou!!! :)
YukiKuran9 7 months ago
@omegacon I know right? That's my point.(no pun intended) I know If I don't eat for a day my head hurts sooo bad and I can't even concentrate in class. And if you don't have a naturally skinny body then see your nutritionist and they can come up with a perfectly balanced plan for diet and exercise. Some people just have to work a little harder doesn't mean you have to starve. And please no hate.
barbieguirl 7 months ago
I LOVE this video
ZEROxYUUKI1 7 months ago
Improper nutrition for a ballerina hinders your performance and your strength. Out of any other type of dance Ballerinas sustain the most injuries. Not eating properly and over exercising is hell on your muscles and the cartilage between your joints is the very last thing you want to wear away; you'll never dance again. I did ballet from 5-15 I can see how eating disorders happen and the stress alone will drive you mad but not every ballerina has an ED . If career is important - i'd get help.
omegacon 8 months ago
whos song is this i love it
ruechan208 8 months ago
@ruechan208- Not sure, but it's a remix of Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy...
soyuncatacol 8 months ago
i have been a ballerina since i was 4 and now i am 20 and i can so relate to this video. i have been dealing with anorexica since i was 8 years old and i am still trying to fight the battle that almost took my life when i was 15. it is demanding but dangerous but i do believe that you can do ballet and not have an EDO it is possible, so dont give up hope on what you want to do! <3
isabellaannerose123 8 months ago
I'm a ballerina and and nobody at my studio has anorexia... But I can see why it could happen
leiahloo1111 8 months ago 57
@leiahloo1111 i was one too at a point in my life and there were a couple of girls who did have anorexia...our instructor would tell us that the less we weighed, the more flawless we'd be...theres just pressure all around...
sustillo93 2 months ago
ahh so much hate for somoene trying to raise awareness. if you have an ED from ballet then its time to switch studios or simply eat better. and see that YOURE NOT FAT!!!!!
barbieguirl 8 months ago
@barbieguirl i totally agree with you, i dont understand why people like to think that dancers are anorexic...
FyreBalletDancer 6 months ago
Excuse me, can you tell me who's Nutcracker version is this one??? the music is amazing!!!
julietofnowhere 9 months ago
@AmyH214 no your still growing don't worry if you keep up a healthy live style get all your veggies and fruits in you propably fine but if you want to make sure just ask your docotor. but don't be afraid, you'll feel better once you ask and youll feel more comfortable around your docotr too.
sewtwirl 9 months ago
okay well this video is completely stupid im sorry but most dancers as in those who are going to dance pro have the matablism to burn about 600 calories in one hour class and dancing for more than that in a day you have a very fit dancer. i dance and i weigh 140lbs yeah well i do soccer to but PLEASE remeber that muscle wieghs more that fat and their is no fat on a pro dance. don't be steryotyping befor you live a life a pro ballerina or one training to dance for a living
sewtwirl 9 months ago
So true...I've been there, it got so bad I had to quit dance, not by choice of course, I'm going back this summer :)
wellermegs13 9 months ago
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beautifullybreakable.webs.com
add the w w w though, aha.
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mygreenpony 9 months ago
i really do get offended that people label us as anorexic and say that all dancers have an eating disorder. course there are cases of dancers with anorexia BUT not all the time. if you train hours and and hours a week, your not going to be very big are you? i train 11 hours a week at my dance school, and then i study dance at my sixth form college and i make sure i do allot exercise, people tell me im anorexic because im slim and i have no breasts but they should stop being judgemental.
BeeWilla4 10 months ago 2
@BeeWilla4 me too!
makalaloka 9 months ago
Seems like the maker of this video is kinda obsessed with the idea of being skinny...considering the screen name is skinny girl to the max. Like wwooow. And fyreballerina or whatever your name is, shut up cuz you're so ignorant. Why don't you do a little research before you try to act like such a know it all! For all you people fighting over whether dancers are annorexic or not, SOME OF THEM ARE AND SOME OF THEM ARE NOT. SOME OF THEM ARE PROS AND SOME OF THEM AREN'T! get over it people seriousl
Isabelleisdabestest 10 months ago 2
Not true at all, a) ballerinas are not all skinny. I would consider myself a ballerina and I don't look like the girls in the pictures, BUT I can dance and I know I can!
SingDanceAct5959 10 months ago
It's just a bunch of pictures of beautiful dancers...
balletemmy96 10 months ago
This is an insult, you took this to the wrong matter.
sagedanceraustralia 10 months ago 2
Okay I'm a dancer and I'm just saying this could be someones story and for those of you who say " no professional dancer has an ED" well just putting it out there that Gelsey Kirkland did and I've know ballet dancers that have had an ED.
Sunshinedancer17 10 months ago
@Sunshinedancer17 off course there exist dancers with ED but not all!! or do you have ED?
makalaloka 9 months ago
you put some photos of ballerinas ; so what? all of them are stronger then you may be, pls look at their muscles!! they're not thin, they're strong, they are strong enoughh to balance on one foot and let the other leg go next to their head, so don't be jelaous cause they're beautiful, just apperaciate(don't know how to write ) it!
MsServed88 10 months ago
I think this video is insulting and even seems as if your trying to encourage people to not eat. Dancers commonly do not choose to not eat, they do eat but the physical demand of all the classes make them work hard. And ust because someone is skinny does NOT mean they have an eating disorder
95Twinkletoes 10 months ago
This is insulting. Just because someones skinny you dont immediately say they have an eating disorder!!! I wokhard to do what i love - ballet, I'm skinny, flat chested but i still eat like a horse! Its cos ballet is so physically deemanding dancers kjust work off what they eat cos of how much the do per class.
balletDreamer656 10 months ago
wo0o0w0 thats really the same feeling that i felt
rawanchaheene 11 months ago
w0o0o0ow thats really the same feeling that i felt
rawanchaheene 11 months ago
My mother said that I couldn't be a ballerina because I'm fat and short.And I have bad foot... I've made aside all my dreams and 30 years later I find that I'm not happy at all. I'll start again. I'll become a ballerina, maby I'll never perform in any stage, but is something that I have to do ...just for me...
I have lost 26 lb and still have to lose 46 more...
You get sick from all the stuff that you heard in the TV and in the press, but you have to find a way to get what you want and love!
amintajuliette 11 months ago
Not many dancers eat fat. My teachers have always pushed the brown rice, vegetables, water and nothing else diet on us. i eat a banana for breakfast, a vitamin tablet for lunch and that nowadays and i'm still chunkier than i should be! i can eat next to nothing and i still weigh too much (130lbs so dont go thinking im super thin and chattin rubbish!). so i am never surprised at these stories.
Jazzytotherescue 11 months ago
@Jazzytotherescue no its not bollocs and im 5'1 btw... its just my metabolism. and i eat fat. and youre probably not chunky for your height cause im a munchkin. not ideal for a classical ballerina but whatev. me like me pointy shoes:)
barbieguirl 11 months ago
NOT TRUE! i know this girl who has been danceing ballet for 18yrs and is not like a twig she weights 149lb and dances beautifully
emolover941 11 months ago
NOT TRUE! i know this girl who has been danceing ballet for 18yrs and is not like a twig she weights 149lb and dances beautifully
emolover941 11 months ago
I had an ED since I was ten, I'm now almost 20.
My Dance schools artistic Director, Tells us not to eat and won't cast us unless we are skiny enough to fit into the costumes.
I was also told my a ballet teacher fat people can't dance.
Caitiethorne 11 months ago
@Caitiethorne u totally should quit that school, cuz if you're teacher is wrong, she wont teach you anything true (for dance AND life) so it's pretty useless going to that school ... logic
FyreBalletDancer 11 months ago
i am doing rhythmic gymnastics and my trainer has an ED
moonshinekiss 11 months ago
this video does not suggest all ballerinas have eating disorders, it merely states that this is a look at an Eating disorder through A ballerinas eyes.........get a grip.
longfilly 11 months ago
So where does the erectile dysfunction part come in?
horriehomepage 11 months ago
I do ballet and tbh i'm quite fat xD
MissBbXox 1 year ago
This is really degrading towards dancers, yes some people do have a eating disorder but there are many more who don't. This is the side of dancing that is highlighted most and if you don't dance you should NOT be making a video about it. Also,if you are dancing 6 days a week and at least 20 hours per week, no matter how much you eat, it is nearly impossible to keep weight on.
By the way u pick the worst version possible of the sugar plum variation song.
horsecrazy5331 1 year ago
Good lord. skinnygurltothemax DID NOT say "this is about every single ballerina on the face of this world because I know them all and know EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM as an eating disorder!" Read the freaking description before you go jumping down someone's throat.
nomnomchikhan 1 year ago
Yo guys, she said that not all dancers are anorexic. It's true, they are thin because they dance so much. But some are because you rely on your body to do the work, if the line doesn't suit your taste, SOME girls, and very few at that, turn to anorexia. It's not an insult-it's the truth. I'm a dancer and I know that it happens.
rosy879 1 year ago 2
this is a disgrace. im an ex cheerleader and im thin beacause i eat healthy and work out!!! shame on you and i agrea with barbieguirl 100%
elelkilua 1 year ago
@elelkilua you suck! along with barbieguirl
fadingangel27 1 year ago
i am disgusted...ugh this really makes me mad. Ballet dancers are skinny? so they are stronger than most people the strenght it takesto do this stuff is unbelivable. i myself take ballet and i do not starve my self or anything, just like ANY athlete the probably watch what they eat, they are a peiti build u have offended many ppl with this hope ur happy
SASShowz 1 year ago 2
ballerinas should stop being obsessed with being extremely thin to the point of being malnourished, starving or anorexic!!! I AM A FAT BALLERINA but that doesn't stop me from dancing and being who I want to be and not someone others think I should be 'cause that's just not me!!! besides, people have the right to eat what they want. ;D
chesykin97 1 year ago
@chesykin97 well..im not fat and im not anorexic..but im a tiny bit chunky, the teachers look at you and i look at myself in the mirror and i look bigger then everyo0ne else. wider i mean, and one of my really good friends in my class, well shes thinner then me, but shes also more flexible, ..she got a point solo..i didnt. i know that i have things to work on. i have to 1. lose less. 2. stretch more. being skinny, is part of the whole package. its like the icing on top of the cake. you know?
MissGracieLove 1 year ago
i remember dancing to this song when i was little
xBonesAreBeautiful 1 year ago
At 1:34 that girl is not a real ballerina. You can tell because her pointe shoes are tied wrong.....
Geegee12321 1 year ago
this is so..insulting.ive been dancing since i was 3 and have never had an ED.
sarahgoesrawwrr 1 year ago
I don't think they have to starve. I've done ballet for seven years eating whatever i want and i think it is the exercise from dancing that slims the person down. I put on weight when i stopped dancing.
iamsilky 1 year ago
this makes me sad, i dont like this video. And I'm so glad that at my studio there is no anerexia.
onpointe96 1 year ago
I would say it's a rumor that ballet dancers have an eating disorder(maybe some but not all), just because the most of them are very skinny. But not always! In my group all girls are normal. And I have to agree with dancerbri45. Last week when I tried to dieting again and I didn't eat 'normal' I was so weak while ballet lesson!! And the fact that I'm thinking a lot about my weight and dieting (although I'm normal) has nothing to do with ballet ;)
mariellaSabrinaa 1 year ago
this insulting, i have done ballet for 12 years im 15 and i weigh 106 pounds and i DO NOT have an eating disorder never in my life have i ever thought twice about eating. and ballerinas are so strong and skinny cause they exercise, an eating disorder is an easy way out of working out but it does not help your dancing career and make you stronger. it makes you weaker you have no idea what kind of exercise a ballerina does. you should go take a class or two.
barbieguirl 1 year ago 65
@barbieguirl I do take classes. I take 6 dance classes a week, two of which are for ballet.
skinnygurltothemax 1 year ago 24
@skinnygurltothemax
Burn barbieguirl. Burrrn.
carpemorte 10 months ago
@barbieguirl
Does This Mean There Are No 'Bigger' Girls That Are In Ballet?
I'm Sure There Is Somewhere, And They're Probabaly Just As Good.
You Shouldnt Just Assume That All Ballerinas Are 'So Strong And Skinny.'
Also, There Are People Who Take Ballet And Have An ED, Not Because They Want An Easy Way out, Things Like That Are Usually Not Just A Random Decision. Think Before You Say, You'll Get Farther.
XoXZoeIsaMonsterXoX 1 year ago
@barbieguirl You forgot to mention you're 5'7".
If you've *really* been in ballet for 12 years, you know every word you typed was crap.
Sorry, you're busted.
Babspace 1 year ago 2
@Babspace hahaha i have danced for twelve years hun:)
barbieguirl 8 months ago
@barbieguirl
even I would agree that most ballet dancers usually eat quite a bit.
though there are girls who get pushed unfortunately due to harsh teachers out there who will tell a girl to lose weight if she isn't very slim : /. And then there are the ones who smoke, but that's worse for something like ballet ;:|
the girls I've kown who've done ballet are healthy, but they have told stories of other girls they know
cicada300 1 year ago
@barbieguirl excuse me but i have an eating disorder and we take an easy way out of working out? we prolly workout more in one day than you do in a week. Im no ballet dancer or anything but ive been to a few classes and around it my whole life. You're blaming skinnygurltothemax for not understanding ballet and yet you're doing it to people with eating disorders, ballerinas or not. Didn't anyone teach you to think before you speak?.. or type? Excessive exercise is a sign of anorexia or bulimia.
rice1213 1 year ago
@rice1213 im sorry but ballet is the biggest physical exercice of all, it's hard beyond everything u could possibly imagine & it's NOT a sign of anorexia or any other stupid thing! i dont want to be mean to people who have an eating desorder but i have difficulties to accept people who disdain food when 9 million people r starving to death in the world right now, so sorry if im being offensive. anyway, ballet dancers cant be anorexic, they'll just fall on the floor cuz it takes strengh to dance!
FyreBalletDancer 1 year ago
@FyreBalletDancer
I beg to differ on that last part. And sorry that some people have eating disorders...you know that's an anxiety disorder that people don't consciously choose right?
godseesme 1 year ago
@godseesme i do know that, like i said, i really didnt want to offence anyone but what i said is how i honestly feel ... i know that some people have eating disorders but i just doesnt go with dance
FyreBalletDancer 1 year ago
@FyreBalletDancer
While you do need strength to dance, that doesn't mean that someone with an eating disorder can't be a dancer. In the early stages, you can still be strong, and once your body adjusts to the new style, it doesn't feel as weak to not eat or get less nutrients. I know it doesn't SEEM possible to dance with an eating disorder because of how weak it can make you, but before you get to some of the higher stages of the disorder, it's entirely possible to still be a dancer.
godseesme 1 year ago
@FyreBalletDancer
P.S. Not trying to be a bitch or anything. Just giving some insight. Take it or leave it.
godseesme 1 year ago
@godseesme its ok, thanks for sharing. i guess it is possible to dance IN EARLY STAGES with an eating disorder ... but i dont call that being a ballerina/dancer ...
FyreBalletDancer 1 year ago
@FyreBalletDancer
I meant early stages of an eating disorder. Not early stages of ballet.
godseesme 1 year ago
@godseesme oh ... well name me one professional ballerina (like in a high level) that has an eadint disorder !!
FyreBalletDancer 1 year ago
@FyreBalletDancer
One: I didn't say professional.
Two: I don't know specific names, but I know that there is a significant pattern between being a ballerina and eating disorders.
I don't know why it's such a big deal to you that no ballerina ever have an eating disorder.
godseesme 1 year ago
@godseesme because that's not what dance is about ... and i dont see the "significant pattern" between ED and ballet !!...
FyreBalletDancer 1 year ago
@FyreBalletDancer
No one ever said that's what dance is about. Just that sometimes it occurs in the world of dance just like it occurs in the world of wrestling, track, and gymnastics. And the significant pattern is that about 1/3 of professional dancers have had an ED at some point. It's triggered by stress. This is my last post. I'm done arguing about this. I know what I can do. I know what other dancers can do. I know my psychology and my ballet.
godseesme 1 year ago
@godseesme huuh, ur contradicting urself ... you said in ur other comment that "you didnt say professional" and now ur saying 1/3 of them have an ED at some point !!! anyways, ED is about self-esteam issues or wanting to have control over one's life ... not about stress caused by a dance performance ...
FyreBalletDancer 1 year ago
@FyreBalletDancer
Taking back that it was my last post... Didn't contradict myself. Answered your post ABOUT professional dancers. I didn't say professional. You did. And eating disorders are about a WHOLE lot more than just self-esteem and control. There's also depression, stress, and anxiety. There is never just one answer in psychology.
godseesme 1 year ago
@godseesme what ur saying is true, but NOT "1/3 professional dancers have an eating disorder at some point" !
FyreBalletDancer 11 months ago
@FyreBalletDancer
Didn't say 1/3. Said ABOUT 1/3. Meaning approximately. Meaning there was an empirical study that took a sample and found a percentage. Not that they asked every single dancer ever. It's an approximation. It's really not worth arguing about anymore. Whether or not the girl was a dancer, she had an eating disorder. Just don't want you saying she had an eating disorder BECAUSE she was a dancer because people outside dance have as much of a chance of developing EDs as dancers. =]
godseesme 11 months ago
@FyreBalletDancer
Hmm sorry forget that last sentence, was on about a different video. Didn't look at which video this was. Lost track of who I was talking to. lol What I went was, don't want you think that you can't dance just because you have an eating disorder, because it is possible and it has been done many times.
godseesme 11 months ago
@godseesme lol thats ok. i still find it very hard to believe (impossible ?) that "ABOUT" 1/3 PROFESSIONAL dancers have an ED at some point ... the "study" is just a fail in my opinion. anyway, if u dance, keep dancing ! :)
FyreBalletDancer 11 months ago
@FyreBalletDancer
Lol sorry about all the arguing. I'm a very stubborn psychology major/recovering eating disorder victim/ballerina aiming to go professional, so whenever this subject comes up, I get very...involved. Happy dancing ♥
godseesme 11 months ago
@barbieguirl Do you mean never thought twice about not eating or...?
EmoraChan13 1 year ago
@barbieguirl ummm..ED's are never easy.. i know your insulted by this but like rice1213 said "You're blaming skinnygurltothemax for not understanding ballet and yet you're doing it to people with eating disorders" i know a ballerina personally and she does have an ED we talk about it often.. she is 17 and dancing is her life but so is ED she is 5'2 75lbs--honestly i dont know how the hell she does it with out fuel for her body.. but ppl with ED generally exercise ALOT
glowsticx 1 year ago
@barbieguirl First of all, nowhere in this video did 'skinnygurltothemax' say all ballerina's have eating disorders. She's simply made a video about one hypothetical situation in which a girl DOES have an eating disorder, and second of all,
an eating disorder is just an easy way out of working out?
WOW, DON'T YOU JUST KNOW ALL ABOUT EATING DISORDERS. I have an eating disorder, actually, and that comment made me feel fucking sick. You think I'd do this just to get out of exercise? Good work.
pjampho 1 year ago
@barbieguirl I don't recall seeing skinnygurltothemax saying this was about every dancer in this description. Maybe this is about her or someone she knows. A lot of girls, not all dancers, go through this. The maker of this video was being expressive, if you don't like it: don't watch it. Maybe you were insulting skinnygurltothemax, ever think of that?
kawaiimusicbox 1 year ago
@barbieguirl an eating disorder is NOT an "easy way out" of ANYTHING and its not something that can be controlled you don't just wake up and say oh! im too lazy to work out im just gunna starve myself to death and there are many different types of eating disorders in which some of the times the girl/guy exersize to purge the calories that they have eaten so i think that you should know what your talking about before you go and judge a deadly disease ok? thanks!
fadingangel27 1 year ago
@fadingangel27
Plus (adding on, not arguing), most victims of eating disorders have them due to control issues, anxiety disorders, or depression. Not because of a desire to be thin. Or, at least it starts with one of those three before it becomes a desire to be thin.
godseesme 1 year ago
@barbieguirl
Read her description. She said she portrayed ONE situation and said that not all dancers have eating disorders but SOME DO. And as a psychology major and a ballerina, I can tell you that it is not uncommon in ballet, wrestling, and track athletes. Read descriptions and check facts before ranting.
godseesme 1 year ago
@barbieguirl I take 8 hours of just ballet a week thanks. I feel like shit about myself and i'm 5'7 and weigh about 130ish. not everyone can be as fortionate as you, conciter yourself lucky.
dancexsingxact 1 year ago
@dancexsingxact it's not about being lucky ... it's about stopping to cry over urself saying "oh im so fat bla bla bla i wish i was thin bla bla i wish i looked like bla bla" if u think ur so fat, well get up and work and if u dont well drop it and live ur life. not trying to be mean, i just dont like when people complain and complain about themselves.
FyreBalletDancer 11 months ago
@barbieguirl That's a very ignorant statement. People who have dealt with ED are strong people because it takes a lot to go through it not weak. And what video are you watching? She's not saying just because you do ballet you have an ED. Read the description. Sheesh.
MissHannahJanel 11 months ago
You, my dear, are very underweight, unless you are under 5 foot 3. altho at 15 thats not a bad weight to be for a dancer, what your actually saying there is total bollocks. you discredited your own point with your 106lbs.
Jazzytotherescue 11 months ago
@barbieguirl Some ballet dancers are thin because of things like genes and patterns of exercise. However, there are a larger number of dancers (maybe larger than you may realize at the young age of 15) who do resort to eating disorders to become or stay thin. You're right to mention it makes you weaker and hurts in the long run, but you are SO wrong to say it is the easy way out. If you don't have an eating disorder, then YOU have no idea what having one is like or how hard it is. Trust me.
rmatherr 11 months ago 2
@rmatherr most dancers in training are thin because they WORK for it, not puke for it ... and i can be sure that no professional dancer has an eating disorder ! ED isn't a part of ballet or art. im sure it's hard but i juste cant BELIEVE there are still people disdaining food when more than 9 MILLION people are starving to death in the world ... i truely dont mean to be offensive but this breaks my heart ! people should think of others too
FyreBalletDancer 11 months ago
@FyreBalletDancer its a mental disorder... not a choice.
Zippersftw 11 months ago
@Zippersftw i still believe it is... it's like smoking, it's your body you ARE in control ... there's nothing easier than NOT taking a cigarette NOT lighting it and NOT putting it in your mouth ! same thing for eating ... sure it's hard for them i do know that but at some point u've got to stop crying over yourself and be all "oh, i wish i looking like paris hilton, aw im so fat, i hate myself" jeez, i truely dont mean to be offensive but people in america/europe have NO idea how lucky they are!
FyreBalletDancer 11 months ago
@FyreBalletDancer I am sorry but if that is your solution to eating disorders you are an idiot.
sophiarocksyourworld 10 months ago
@sophiarocksyourworld i dont think u got what i meant .... therefore there is no reason for me to be an "idiot" ... i will truely never understand the point of insulting people u dont know on youtube :S anyway, ballet is not about being skinny ... no TRUE ballerina/artist has an ED.
FyreBalletDancer 10 months ago
@FyreBalletDancer I remember the moment i broke down and cried when i wanted to eat and be healthy again so so bad but realised that i just couldn't do it on my own. and the reason people have to go to rehab is cuz they aren't in control.... my ed wasnt even about what i looked like, it was about control, its like any other addiction. I am thankful for everything i have, it was not my choice to have an ED. however it was my choice to recover, i know i couldn't have done it without rehab.
Zippersftw 10 months ago
@Zippersftw You think i would go weeks without eating because i wanted to? i was terrified to eat or gain weight. sounds kinda crazy huh? like a.. mental disorder or something. oh no, the doctors must of just diagnosed with something they made up.and i must have been put in rehab because i wanted to be.
Zippersftw 10 months ago
@FyreBalletDancer I'm not going to get into a long, drawn out debate about this with you--I don't have the same patience as godseesme, so I'm going to say this plain and simple and you can choose to take it or leave it. I agree most dancers are thin from dancing, not ED. I'm just saying there are dancers (professional or not) that do have an ED, whether it be anorexia, bulimia or any other disorder. I know there are far too many people who have no choice whether or not to eat; that doesn't
rmatherr 11 months ago
@FyreBalletDancer (continued) mean there aren't people with eating disorders. You and I know it doesn't make sense, but we don't look at food the same way as someone with ED. I appreciate your concern about not offending anybody with your input (I also don't want to offend you) but I think your ignorance or naivety are offensive. I'm sure you're young, so just keep dancing and I hope that in your lifetime you won't have to meet someone with an ED (dancer or not) to believe ED is real.
rmatherr 11 months ago
@rmatherr well i do know for sure that NO professional dancer has an ED trust me ! i dont think my opinion comes from ignorance (and defenetly not naivety) ... but than again, if i was ignorant, i wouldnt know :))
anyways, like i said, i understand how hard it is for them but they just need to wake up and stop crying over themselves ! i realise im hard but i think sometimes u have to be to help people get out of hard stuff...
FyreBalletDancer 11 months ago
@FyreBalletDancer This is the last I'm going to write because frankly you're pissing me off. YOU DON'T KNOW FOR SURE THAT NO PROFESSIONAL DANCER HAS AN ED, AND I KNOW THIS BECAUSE YOU'RE WRONG. There is a book called The Dancer's Diet in which actual professional dancers talk about their eating habits and disordered eating. They admit it happens, why can't you? Tough love is not the way to help someone with an ED--their troubles are beyond any help that tough love or "being hard" would do.
rmatherr 11 months ago
@rmatherr my bad : by professional i meant the dancers part of of today's elite. they, for sure, know how much eating, as a dancer, is about health and not skinny-ness. And I strongly believe in people's will power ... so if they want to get out of it, they can as soon as they want to, i think the same for stopping smoking btw. thats all my opinion and i dont get why you're all mad about it, why cant people argue decently anymore ? jeez
FyreBalletDancer 11 months ago
@barbieguirl she said " I am not saying all ballerinas have an eating disorder... some do, and I chose to portray this one situation" some ppl feel pressured to be smaller so chill out
iloveyou1997jd 11 months ago
@barbieguirl I don't believe they meant it to be insulting considering they said in the description that they're not saying all ballet dancers have an ed.. Just because you don't have one doesnt mean someone in your class isnt suffering in silence 1 out of 10 women have an ed... and id say 3 out of 10 of the girls i was in an eating disorder facility with were dancers.
Zippersftw 11 months ago
@barbieguirl the one who uploaded the video clearly states: "I am not saying all ballerinas have an eating disorder... some do, and I chose to portray this one situation"
hellomisterb 11 months ago
@barbieguirl There are lots of dancers with eating disorders that are not just limited to anorexia or bulimia... And having been there myself, some people just don't have the genetics to have a ballerina body with just exercise, and will do what it takes to get the role... This is the reality of ballet as dark as it may be. Sorry love.
Magickal2007 10 months ago
@barbieguirl not all of us can weigh 106 lbs naturally... a lot of ballet dancers do have eating disorders... I've also been dancing for 12 years so I know a lot about ballet too. I know two girls just in my class that are bullimic and I don't like to admit it but I definatley over exercise and eat a lot less than i should to stay skinny. ballet is a dark world... read "on pointe" and find out the truth...
mlballerina 9 months ago 43
@mlballerina Well dancing "en pointe" is a matter of logics, anatomy, physics,....to make you the dancer the men will want to lift,...to make you a dancer that can dance and float en point, the more you weight, the tougher the demands on your body. The less you weight, the less damage to your feet, the more work you get, the more desired you become because it makes you easier to work with. Would you rather lift 90lbs or 120lbs? While both can be graceful, the time comes,....
Merrida100 6 months ago
If you are saying eating disorders are wrong and you arent promoting them then wth?? is this vid about? and why is your name ... skinnygurltothemax??!! can we say denial lol
misslifyouwill 1 year ago
where can I find the picture in 1:33??? Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!! I love it!!
seriex5 1 year ago
Obviously near enough all the ballet dancers you see are slim, its just the way the ballet world wants you to look ... no it doesnt mean all ballerinas are anerexic but the pressure put on them by dance schools and teachers does unfortunatly make some girls cut back on food or even gain a disorder.. i quit my dance school after a few months because i found out alot of the girls were being told to join gyms and go on a diet bcz they were to heavey when they were perfectly already skinny size 10's
Contemporarydancer01 1 year ago
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I think that a lot of people are misunderstanding the video. I got the impression that it wasn't promoting eds it was showing what a lot of dancers see everyday and why some of them develop eds.
just my opinion on things: like many people have said, dancers are thin because they work so hard. If you move for hours at a time daily, your bound to lose weight. That's just what happens (unless you have a weight condition)
somethingfishy6 1 year ago
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somethingfishy6 1 year ago
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she sucks
RachelTXD 1 year ago
Surprisingly enough a lot of dancers have body image issues. For me, even teahers from san deigo city ballet and the royal ballet in london had issues with me being 5'3'' at 125lbs."Your to curvey" is what they would tell me. Then I started to notice that if I weighed less I was lighter on my feet and point shose's were more tolerable. When you get to that point even 3lbs makes a diffrence on how you feel on point. Its wieght based on cubic square and there is much serface area on point.
love2beyours10 1 year ago 2
dancers need muscles, theres no way around it...maybe some don't eat right if they are worried about being a ballerina, but mostly you can't make it without muscles and energy. Just one or two hours of dancing is already so cardio vascular, how about hours per day? you can't keep weight on!
waterIsis 1 year ago
its the song @ the end where the sugar plum lady dances to it in NUtcracker
CrazySweet985 1 year ago
Ok seriously, You look like you are promoting this disease. "skinny gurl to the max", You need to see someone. Get help.
maddiekl90 1 year ago
OHEY GUYS! Im fat so i must have an eating disorder or else i won't be excepted, like everyone else says, Anorexia is beautiful. (sarcasm) No but really, Im overweight really overweight AND IM HAPPY, i don't need to be stick thin to be happy, I've been offered 5 modeling jobs this year, I can honestly say im not skinny at all, but i am beautiful, this by far is stupid. Every girl is beautiful no matter their weight, what ISN'T beautiful is trying too hard to be beautiful, love yourself.
MyPetLiger 1 year ago
@MyPetLiger Anerexia and obesity are both equally an eating disorder. You shouldn't care what a scale tells you, it's the mass that matters. It matters to be healthy. The reason I say that they are both a disease is, because they are both out of control eating habits. One extreme to another. See I don't mean to say anything against you, but I just had to say that. Glad that you're content, that's good mental health, but your body isn't happy. You're over working all your oragans.
katGarkia15 1 year ago
@katGarkia15 Im not Obese, im just saying, im not stick thin like those ballerinas, yeah i am fat, but not obese. Im also very healthy, it just doesn't show from the outside. Mass, weight, whatever actually shouldn't matter. Maybe it's unhealthy to not care about your body for a change but it's more healthier than gagging over a toilet everyday. Start a revolution, love your bodies.
MyPetLiger 1 year ago
@MyPetLiger Great! Apologies for the misconception. That's right we should all love our bodies, because we only get one :) The human body is one of the most amazing creations of this earth. There is nothing like it, so everyone should give their body more appreciation.
katGarkia15 1 year ago
dude , the reason dancers are so thin is because we do hours of dance everyday of the week . we eat just like every one else . so i think is a very judgemental stereo typical video.
cottoncandy5a 1 year ago
lots of ballerinas do. some don't though.
22moviefan 1 year ago
all ballerinas are fit skinny, not skinny from anorexia and bulimea
TheRhythmicFan 1 year ago
@TheRhythmicFan ?? Most anorexic's use chronic excercise, that's no different from the rigorous training ballerina's go through. I know anorexics that could run miles around you.
Fast2Shadows 1 year ago
The name of the song.please!
julia16164 1 year ago
@julia16164 Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies from the Nutcracker.
I'm surprised all the "danced-since-I'm-three" empty-bunheads didn't know that.
Babspace 1 year ago
Eating disorders very on reason. Thier are many people who want to be thin for looks, To be thin for control. To be thin to be noticed. To be thin to fade away to nothing. In my case I didn't eat because I couldn't find happiness in me to even bother. Food did not fill the hole inside of me. Their are so many reason for self starving that every case is different. I recovered by finding the root of my problem and mine was all the deaths in my family.
hollowriver 1 year ago
ballet is pretty and u have to be skinny for ballet but not anorexic skinny
julie101rox 1 year ago
Well, a good ballet dancer that works hard enough is portrayed as super thin but really, it's strong and lean. Ballet exercises help your muscle pull in which give you that thin arm, thin legs, and lean abs.
Ballet4Everz 1 year ago
I love it!! The remix makes it sound creepy but still beautiful and the idea that some of the pictures have children! I love it absolutely amazing!
babbyg141202aj 1 year ago
Okay, im 12, i have been dancing literally my whole life and, mostly ballet, and i weigh 92 pounds, i think its bad but im going to freaking starve my self. there is a thing called, exercise and eating healthier. Not completely stop eating.!! it makes me sad
nevershoutneverrox7 1 year ago
For ballet u HAVE to look lean, or else ull never look graceful enough.
Ballet4Everz 1 year ago