Ballerina Says She Was Body-Shamed 

😲 your dance teacher was awesome! I have negative memories of mine😓

@@raspberrysherbet5285 Does bigger size mean the participants won't enjoy her dance?

Doesn’t change the fact that she was fat lol 😊

This is Sweet, Savage and wholesome all in one LMAO 🤣

Size workout in the long run when we all take good eating habits Nobody should treat others rudely

I feel bad g or the dancer who has to lift her and still perform his part.

@@SunRise-lr7ch 😂

@@SunRise-lr7ch She isn't even overweight. Maybe that other dancer should bench press or eat more protein to gain some muscle. Weakass.

@@renny7057 TELL EM RENNY 😤

@@renny7057 she's overweight for that part. Other dancers had to compete for it and could step in. She obviously doesn't care enough about it. The one who has to lift and carry her shouldn't have to work harder. He won't get paid more for it and what would be the limit..should she be able to just keep gaining? She'd be slowing down as well and not able to hit her marks on time either.

If u cant keep your weight down. Find another profession.

@@jolyfrye1871 I mean there's a resson why almost every country uses Eastern European ballerinas. In woke society's u can't raise / teach kids this way

@@jolyfrye1871 You don't need to be skinny to be a ballerina. Nor really to do anything else :/

@@raspberrysherbet5285 What I meant was , that you don't have to be skinny to do ballet , and that it's dumb that companies think that you have to be skinny

Change that please ...

Liar.

That’s absurd… I’m 13 and weigh 94 pounds, I wish I was a little closer to that weight

it can occur in both women and men- along with boys and girls. but yes, we need more dancers speaking out about this!

Thai is totally outrageous - it appears that some “powers that be” in the ballet world have a skewed perception of what a ballet dancer should look like.

That's insane. She was only 105 pounds. How is she supposed to function at a lower weight???

Then dance, hip-hop, or contemporary, and leave ballerina for the ones who have enough discipline to get their bodies in shape

No one wants 2 c a fat ballerina...🙃

@@mrs.clemons1085 exactly!!! She needs to only loose 10 pounds!!! She can’t be blaming Covid for her stuffing herself with fatty foods.

It’s what ballet has always been.

@@mrs.clemons1085 she is in shape she literally isn't even close to being overweight. She's toned too what do you want her to be? Underweight?

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@@raspberrysherbet5285 okay!!!

@@Namiasisteri got up on point a bit late, i was 14. I preferred lyrical and tap over point. I stoped at 27 but my feet will never be seen in flip flops or sandals. Sometimes its just genetics.

@@ilyaalister8193 Oh, I didn't know that. Thanks for the info!

@@raspberrysherbet5285 lyrical is certainly a dance class. Perhaps your studio didn’t offer it. Lyrical is a kind if dance usually danced barefoot or with specific partial shoes made for the dance. Its leans for more on the acrobatic side of dance and can be done single or with a partner. I still teach lyrical at my local dance school. For most dances 14 is late to get on point and often doesn’t have the same physical repercussions on dancers feet as dances to come up earlier in pointe shoes. While many still may be growing the majority of the cartilage and joints have already formed solidified.

i thought it was her dog

@@TheWicked4727 Does it matter? People aren't all cold hearted like you.

I’m a guy and I didn’t know lol 🤷🏼‍♂️

No we know, it’s just her body is absolutely fine in all areas of visual compliance and they still want lbs gone. Even the perfect body types get shamed.

She’s kinda not the ballerina look nor size

@@NBC09 bad bait

@@NBC09 How so?

It's all a formality. They don't really care about their dancers health, as long as they can dance and look how they want them to on stage.

Does that make any difference?

She said, "it was up to me whether I danced that night," I understand it would be extremely hard to make that choice, but at least they gave her one. The pressure was probably immense, yet it would have all disappeared when she saw, and heard, the audiences response. It would not be easy but very satisfying.

@@raspberrysherbet5285 she could actually sue the company for discrimination 🤷🏻‍♂️

@ALLisOn e if her dancing isn’t impacted negatively they had no right to body shame her

@ALLisOn e I’m not disagreeing. But it could’ve not impacted her. But I also agree that it could’ve. I do feel this was very poorly handled. She should’ve been told beforehand to lose weight, to do so at the very last minute is irresponsible and if the extra weight was a danger to her muscles they also put that dancers body in danger.

@@CyberDancerDany as a profesional ballerina, she had to have known all of that in the first place.

@@user-qr4jb5dp5g she should’ve, but if they didn’t tell her anything I can see why she didn’t find her weight to be an issue

@AliBruni143 If you think she's fat you need to check yourself into a mental institution.

Seems like you need to put down the stupidity and gain some common sense

Miami Ballet*

Thing is: Kathryn has Hashimoto's. Her weight fluctuates regardless of her efforts, because the disease is hard to tackle. The stress started to take a toll on her there. To this day, I haven't picked my jaw from the floor regarding how MCB treated Kathryn.

She still lost out on a job because of this.

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@@raspberrysherbet5285 ur all up in everyone's comments LMAO, pls get a life

@ALLisOn e ballet in itself is an awful profession.

10 pounds doesn't make people overweight. Although in an industry where you have to look like twirling dolls, it makes sense that 10 pounds would be a lot.

@@raspberrysherbet5285 she is being body-shamed...its just that the whole ballet industry body shames.

Nowhere did it say she couldn't fit in the costume. She didn't want to dance wearing sweat pants did she? The comparison is just stupid.

@@shootfilmnotguns2023 why would she wear sweat pants if they had a costume made for the dancer? That’s kinda dumb isn’t it

@@alrighty6898 🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦

@@shootfilmnotguns2023 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ I can do that too. I guess people use emojis when they don’t have a rebuttal cause they know they’re wrong

She is in better shape now than many humans achieve at any point in their life. But she isn't as slim (re:underweight) as the powers-that-be in ballet demand. She was somehow able to meet that "ideal" previously, but now she's being punished for it. 😞

@@raspberrysherbet5285 okay... but she looks fine. she's clearly not obese or anything like that.

@패 🐈 but it's ballet so everyone should look like a barbie doll.

Lol no

I’m a woman and prefer to watch beautiful people dancing and not dancing too. Fat ones repulse me, but also motivate me to leave grocery stores with no junk food.

She is a principal.

We're not talking about a lot of weight here, a taller dancer would weigh more than a shorter dancer. I don't think Ashley is tall enough that +10lbs would be a serious problem.

Would have been more worthy of being on the news than this garbage. Someone called her fat, big deal... This country is getting too soft. How does someone perform Infront of people let one insult bother them? Sorry for the rant.😂 It's just ridiculous.

Ballet Wrestling....

That would be if the male co-dancer dropped her....

Mean! OMG!! It’s work and she gain weight

You should have lost the weight ans stopped crying

@@brunoto.7298 You should lose the sociopathy.

Another dancer has to catch and lift her while dancing their own part. ..you try it

@@SunRise-lr7ch maybe she could have danced solo…. Ya think?

@@Dea8769 not in " the nutcracker suite" or any other classics. In fact the insurance companies may decide to cancel the productions coverage if they see a real risk.