Jezebel: Ballerinas

Prairie Dog Ballerina Puts Natalie Portman To Shame

Whitney Jefferson — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:30:00 EDT

Yes, it's a little misleading and cruel to make your pet dance around on his hind legs for food. But when you put the little tutu onto a prairie dog and watch him dance, everything else in the world just fades away... More »

Defense Of Natalie Portman's Black Swan Dancing Continues

Margaret Hartmann — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:07:00 EDT

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Over the weekend the battle over whether Natalie Portman or her dance double did more of the pirouetting you see on screen in Black Swan raged on, even though the entire argument seems poorly timed. More »

Raising The Barre

Katy Kelleher — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:10:00 EST

[Paris; February 23, 1981. Image via Getty]

Ballerinas, Female Athletes Face Bone, Heart Risks Of Much Older Women

Anna North — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:30:00 EDT

According to a new study, young ballerinas may face the same health risks as women engaging in other athletic pursuits. The study author, Dr. Anne Hoch calls these risks "the female athlete tetrad": disordered eating, amenorrhea, vascular problems, and low bone density. More »

Astronauts Suit Up For Vuitton; The Kaiser Actually Hates Swans

TatianaTheAnonymousModel — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:30:00 EDT

One of Annie Leibovitz's Louis Vuitton ads with astronauts Sally Ride, Buzz Aldrin, and Jim Lovell is out. (Gorby was busy that weekend.) [WWD]
Karl Lagerfeld: "Ballet is an extraordinary art: this torture of the body to make something so graceful. All this hard work, to look effortless."

The Most Beautiful Thing We've Seen All Day

TatianaTheAnonymousModel — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:30:00 EDT

Sometimes you're just really happy the internet exists, because it brings you Elena Glurdjidze, principal dancer for the British National Ballet and grace personified, trying on the feathered Chanel tutu it took three seamstresses over 100 hours to make, and doing, impromptu, her solo from Saint-Saëns' "The Dying Swan." [Chanel] More »

Dangerous Beauty: Are Tutus Too Much?

Sadie Stein — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:40:00 EST

Tutus may be the stuff of little girls' dreams, but to dancers, they're a huge pain in the ass — literally. More »

SNL's Mr. Bill Is Back! • Masochist Wannabe Ballerinas Teach Themselves Pointe

Maria — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:30:00 EDT

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Oh noooo! Mr. Bill is back, shilling for our creditors. • Unrealistic movie inspires realistic tips for single women managing their money. • Telling overweight teens that they are fat will most likely make them gain more weight within 5 years. • A Dutch man injures his bum in a mooning prank gone wrong. • Mothers are seen as the gatekeepers for a father's involvement with their child. • Friends are not necessarily determined by common interests but more by proximity or group assignment. • A 22-year old Iranian student was sentenced to a year in prison for campaigning for women's rights in Iran. • A group of 15 women try to thank a man for pleasing and satisfying them for one entire, exhausting day. • High-risk teen girls have a lower chance of contracting STDs if they participate in SAFE, a sexual education program. • A serial cat killer and torturer is on the loose in Portland State University in Oregon. • Female law firm uses gender stereotypes in ads to claim that women are better lawyers. • Amateur ballerinas attempt to teach themselves to dance en pointe. Do not try it at home! More »