Ballet isn t as psycho as Tiny Pretty Things say French dancers
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07/02/2021 - 06:48 3 min
Paris (AFP)
Sadistic teachers and murderous levels of competition: from Black Swan to Tiny Pretty Things the world of ballet seems a place fit only for psychopaths if its screen incarnations are to be believed.
Real-world dancers in France take some exception to this, however. Yes, I ve seen boys and girls take anti-inflammatories to dance and push the pain to the limit, but that isn t our daily lives, said Allister Madin, a dancer at the Paris Opera. And yes, there s competition because it s hard to get signed by a company, but we aren t killing each other. Peddling these cliches tarnishes the reputation of dance.