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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Meanwhile, the School of Washington Ballet is going down the toilet also! It's really a shame because I am sure the school is also losing money. [/quote]

I second this opinion. And the school for sure is losing money because they are losing students. And many families have been upset over the emphasis on needing to be super thin and having a perfect ballet body to be successful in ballet. This is a direct result of things the HOS has said to parents and students. [/quote]

My DD has NEVER heard a teacher say this to her class!  And my DD is in the upper levels.  I don’t believe you know anyone at the school.

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Did you attend the parent orientation for the upper levels?? If you did you would know what I’m talking about. [/quote]

No,  I did not attend this meeting.  However,  it has always been clear in our minds as parents and in our DD’s mind as a dancer that in the upper levels  there is a “weeding” out the dancers who have what it takes to pursue professional careers vs. those dancers who are there as a passionate recreational dancers(my DD falls into this latter camp).  As a PP mentioned, it should come as no surprise that professional ballet  dancers need to possess particular physical attributes.   However, as I said in a prior post, my DD has never, EVER, heard one of her teachers make a comment about needing to be thin.  STRONG, yes, and healthy.  On a side note, I remember watching the Washington Ballet’s summer intensive recital this past July, and I clearly remember the 2 outstanding female soloists as being strong, healthy young women dancers.

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I'm not the PP to whom you're responding and don't have a student at TWB (DC is at another studio). But let's all be realistic here: You know that "healthy" in ballet is often a coded way to say "thin."

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Actually, it means the opposite - they want the girls to eat enough to develop muscular strength. If they weren't saying this, you'd see a lot more anorexics in ballet.
This is for the higher levels, obviously, where the selection based on DANCING ABILITY can make girls think the teachers want thin, instead of skills.

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