The Truth About Ballet and Heath Problems

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/8934279/Ballerina-lifts-lid-on-health-problems-rife-in-industry.html

Ballerina Mariafrancesca Garritano has written a book called The Truth, Please, About Ballet. In it she describes the eating disorders ballerinas commonly suffer from due to the pressures of theatre directors and dance instructors. Although most people know the ballerina stereotype to be stick thin, it is terrible that size should make a difference within the art form. Garritano describes how unhealthy the profession can be. It's really a shame because I know very talented dancers who are an average healthy weight, but would perhaps not be wanted in the business because of it. Discrimination is the same whether it be racial, sexist, or aesthetic.