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written by Tom             on 11.04. at 20:21:09 - as answer to: unitard by lesa at>I am a 32 year old woman who loves ballet. i take classes regular and i am suprised how people hide their bodies with large clothing. The teacher allows this because were adults. I myself wear only mstevens long/sleeve unitards to class. i am not ashamed of my body and the teacher appreciates it. I'm with you. Dancewear is unforgiving--it shows you off or showsyou up--but by convention that's what we wear in class, & after allit's what we *do* while wearing it that the teacher cares about. But people's choices in adult classes vary & are interesting tostudy, or at least to notice. The rule seems to be that if you havea scruptious body, you'll definitely wear traditional skin-tightdancewear. This seems to apply whether you're male or female.People whose bodies leave something to be desired (as mine does--a lot!) cope with this in various ways. Some of us, like me, weartraditional dancewear anyway & just let the horrors show; otherswear something baggy in the hope that people won't realize just howbadly concealment is necessary. I think it's important to let ourteacher see what our bodies are doing as we dance, but I won't sitin judgement on those who opt for concealment. Tom Answers to this message: |
