“I have suffered from eating disorders my whole adult life and career. The past several years it had become so bad that I had lost work because of it. A week before the lockdown in the UK I had to leave my job due to anorexia, I was in a hospital on the other side …
““Your story matters.” I worked at a small studio that I loved for 5 years. I had trust in the team and loved the students. Then I started having parents approach me with concern regarding favoritism from the director and I tried to counter it by being inclusive and fair in my own classes. Then …
“I used to work for a well-known dance competition, but it was short-lived due to the conditions & treatment I was put under. In one instance, in particular, a member of the crew had said something absolutely vile about a child on stage – the kind of comment that deems someone a predator – and …
“By every other metric, I am an average-sized, if not thin woman. Why is it that in every dance class, audition, or dance environment I step into, I am considered “the big girl”, and someone inevitably makes a comment on my body and how I’m not “hireable” at my size?” -Anonymous
“In my last year of training I sustained an injury from being so overworked. I was referred by my teachers to see a medical professional outside of the school. During the appointment the man abused his power and sexually assaulted me. After finding the courage to come forward to the school a few months later, …
“I was SA when I was 18 as a faculty assistant teacher for a convention by a faculty member who was over ten years older than me. He took my virginity. He saw it as “consensual”. Now he owns his own convention, openly slams ___ who recently got in trouble. It’s painful watching the hypocrisy …
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“Discouraged from taking breaks or days off. Dancing through a 101-degree fever. Long-term adrenal taxation. Faculty in my dance department telling me I’ll never make it and I should just give up. Cliques. Body shaming. Alienation. Loneliness. Bullying from peers and faculty members. Favoritism. The constant rat race. This is what the dance department looks …
“The lack of safety for young women in ballet companies has always been scary. I started dancing professionally at 17. Had zero relationship experience because “ballet was my boyfriend.” Due to my extremely strict Russian training, I was scared and obedient and just wanted to improve in the corps de ballet. No one prepared me …
“My director asked me to touch him on his crotch in order to understand turn-out muscles. He did the same to me. He also asked me to describe my period, favorite sex positions, and which guys I would like to have sex with in the company. This went on for nearly 10 years.” -Anonymous
