Only one man should ever tell a woman what she should do with her body

[ehrnst]

[randome]

1. Hah! Made me look!

Now I can't stop.

[Mimosa]

2. OMG! I LOVE IT!!!!

I'm STEALING THIS!!! I've got to show it to my pals who are Fosse fans!!

[Canuckistanian]

3. Oh, yeah

[REP]

4. Or George Ballanchine

[Tuesday Afternoon]

9. oops. beat me to it. gmta.

[ehrnst]

15. I witnessed some of it personally

When she was a guest artist at Indiana University in the early '80's. I worked costumes for the ballet that She and Patrick Bissell starred in. Both were Coked up beyond belief for many rehearsals - Patrick lost his balance on some fouette turns, and crashed into some chorus members, injuring some.

All anyone could say was, What a waste - did Balanchine push her to this? Did Baryshnikov? Was she doing this to keep her weight down?

Bissell got arrested for smashing a bottle of wine on the front desk of the Student Union where they were staying.

While not every ballarina goes through this - more than one dancer wrote a book about the hell it was working under Balanchine.

[progressoid]

5. Rec!

[magical thyme]

6. thought my head would explode

until I looked! Perfect!!!

[Beearewhyain]

7. Love It!

My wife demanded to post it on FB when she looked over my shoulder to see what I was chuckling about.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

8. or - - - George Balanchine! or --- her Doctor, if it happens to be a man.

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[REP]

11. I looked up "Dancing on my Face" first ...

One of my best friends is a Very Famous Dancer and that was the snotty joke when the book came out (though all agreed Ballanchine was a misogynist shit).

[handmade34]

10. ...

[rocktivity]

12. Fosse was also the only man who was qualified to teach you how to yell at a chair!

rocktivity

[Tom Ripley]

14. Nicely done!

[Tom Ripley]

13. +1,000,000 "It's showtime, folks"