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Huffington Post: Tights, Tutus and ‘Relentless’ Teasing: Inside Ballet’s Bullying Epidemic

"The Devil Ties My Tongue" by Amy Seiwert performed for the SKETCH Series, 2013. Photo by David DeSilva. Courtesy of Amy Seiwert's Imagery

Huffington Post: Tights, Tutus and ‘Relentless’ Teasing: Inside Ballet’s Bullying Epidemic

December 21, 2017/in News/by Isabelle Vail

Tights, Tutus and ‘Relentless’ Teasing: Inside Ballet’s Bullying Epidemic
By Chloe Angyal

An article in the Huffington Post touched on the frequent bullying of male dancers in the art form. The issue starts during a danseur’s youth and can continue pestering the artist into adulthood.