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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The HOS clearly favors ideal ballet bodies. She says she cares about everyone but it’s obvious her only true concern is in nurturing students she feels will have a professional career in dance. [/quote]

There are lots of sports where the right physique is necessary, don't fool yourself that this is unfair discrimination. More like realism, especially at the upper levels where great sacrifice is required of all students. Why waste their time?

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I’m not fooling myself. I’m well aware of what physical attributes are needed to be successful in ballet. The problem is WSB is not an elite training institution (as it once was.) So given the school now serves almost anyone, and the training is not good enough to get people into top companies, why even bring up the weight factor at all. Most students at WSB are not going there to become professional dancers and therefore it shouldn’t be an issue. The only people really trying to dance are the PTP As, and they are all recruited from elsewhere. The kids who’ve come up through the school are no longer good enough to get in. They just get dumped into level 7 and PTP B and largely ignored. [/quote]

This is definitely true and has been since Han's days there.[/quote]

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