I am certain that there are some of those petite ballerinas who could out endure you when it came to stamina and endurance. You should'nt knock something until you have tried it for yourself. This way you could make a more thorough assessment, and not base things on conjecture and innuendo.
BTW, there is a guy who currently plays wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers, whose name eludes me at the moment who has performed in The Nutcracker. They did a segment on him last year on the NFL program FOX airs on Saturady afternoons. Also a guy by the name of Vance Johnson who played wide receiver for the Broncos was also in a ballet company. Former NFL running back Herchel Walker performed with the Dallas Ballet and former NFL placekicker Nick Lowery, who was named to the Pro Bowl during his career with the Kansas city Chiefs, took ballet lessons to increase leg strength. I don't know of anybody who would go up to those guys and call them effeminate. Would you?[/i]