Anorexia in Ballet

This is a video I made for my English class, based around the book "The Best Little Girl in the World" By: Steven Levenkron. I do not own most of these pictures. Song: Waltz of the flowers by Tchaikovsky

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Education

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• Ballet
• anorexia
• thinspo

[TheLilyfairies]

I am a dancer. I have never ever seen an anorexic person in the dance theater in town.

[KalosSkopeo]

Ha! I dance en pointe and I'm no skinny Minnie. I think anorexia is far more common in modeling, when talking about occupations that "feed" the disorder, as ballet demands strength beyond what a malnourished dancer could deliver.

[tosexytocontrol1]

im a dancer and ive never in my 7 years of dancing have i ever seen an anorciehcvid......... however you spell it ballerina

[funnygirlrighthere]

They think starving themself is healthy and strengthening

[HallowsReign23]

@TheLilyfairies Well maybe you're not a professional dancer. I was once trained for 8 years professionally to be a ballerina and tap dancer and EVERY time I went into the bathroom, I'm not fucking around... There was always at least once girl doing her best to throw-up lunch. I quit eventually cause I had to hide so many secrets for so many girls and I was greating exhausted cause I tried to stop eating and that's why I knew it was dangerous to want to be "perfect". But now I'm overweight LOL

[jordanemily100]

yea, im a dancer too and i struggle a lot with my weight, I atleast think, but i have no intention on developing an eating disorder *i eat enough*. anyways my dance instructor did say to the entire class one time *when i was on the verge of killing to be a twig* and she said to all of us, but i think directly to me, "dancers dance better when they a lighter", and it hurt. so yes i can see why some ballerina's develop eating disorders, but i honestly don't know anyone who is.

[MlleTimeLord]

Dancers eat like horses, just letting you know.

[NellChenoweth]

@GnatSprat123 who cares what guys like. it's not about them, anyway. it's about us. other than that, i agree with you.

[NellChenoweth]

i think that is a misconception people have (that ballet dancers have eating disorders.) just because someone is skinny doesn't mean they are starving themselves.

[kgadancer]

When you are a dancer, you need to be strong - if you are starving yourself, you cannot be a strong, beautiful dancer!!

Determination, strength, focus are 3 things that make for a good dancer . . . .

[dellaroux]

Read Gelsey Kirkland's "Dancing on My Grave." She talks about breaking a foot bone on stage because it had been weakened by anorexia (& drugs & other issues). One can push the human body quite far: achievements in dance, sport, or modeling do not in and of themselves rule out the possibility of anorexia/bulemia in dancers and others. (Also, as a visual comment, the titling needs to be shadowed or darker, the overlay is hard to read, and the texts are important, so they deserve a better offset.)

[BillBaileyFan2662]

@selrahc012694 It means you don't eat. You purposely starve yourself to become thinner.