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[quote=Anonymous]I am a former ballet dancer that also had an eating disorder. The same piece of my personality that developed a love for ballet fed right into the eating disorder. Since I was 4 years old I loved the codified technique of ballet, the clear rules, the discipline, the quest for perfection. I loved it and begged and begged to keep increasing my classes until I was in a professional track. It was easy to hide an eating disorder when they are so common in that world and you are wearing pink tights and a leotard seven days a week, it makes sense that you are going to be careful what you eat. I haven't had a child ask to take ballet yet so I don't know what I'll do, but I would probably try to steer them to other forms of dance rather than a straight ballet experience and will look for a studio with a strong awareness of eating disorders. [/quote]
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