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*Beth* · Aug 07, 2021 at 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Soupe du jour

I hadn't heard of her book, but I do know that ballerina. She was a fellow principal/soloist dancer with my ballet teacher, Gloria Govrin, under Balanchine. I'll browse the book online. Thanks! I recall seeing her dance in a televised version of the Nutcracker.

You know, though obviously my ballet teacher was trim, when she danced, she wasn't unwell-looking. See her picture at Arthur Mitchell and Gloria Govrin | Smithsonian Institution

No, not too thin at all...she's lovely.

Gelsey Kirkland discusses her eating disorder and how the dance world encourages it. When I was deeply into ballet, no one actually said anything about it, but I took it upon myself to keep my weight way down. I was fitting into children's clothes, for pete's sake. When I look at photos now I'm shocked at how I couldn't see how thin I was. I have a suspicion that I gained so much from Seroquel in part because my metabolism was already screwed up.