11-27-2003, 01:25 AM | #1 (permalink) |
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So would you consider this woman fat ?
This is Anastasiya Volochkova formerly of the Bolshoi Ballet. She was fired recently for being too fat. She weighs 48KG and the Male Dancers were saying that she was too heavy to lift. Men like this guy , trained for years as a dancer & super fit. Okay I know that dancing ballet and tossing 48KG around is not the easiest thing in the world and its far from the same as me Salsaing with my girl who weighs ***SMACK*** , but after years of training and a suberb fitness regime ? I used to lead a TaeKwonDo and because of a flood we shared a hall with some ballet dancers, not only were they doing the exactly the same exercises that we were , I pretty sure that they would have given my guys quite the challenge in a straight fitness , strength contest So she sued and won £10K . Good for her. With all that cash maybe she might get a plane ticket to a place where real men would very gladly like to toss her around...like ooohhhhh ... my house. Oh Yes |
11-27-2003, 04:32 AM | #3 (permalink) |
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Maybe the guys were just too weak?
Come on... 48 Kg too heavy? I'm almost twice that and I'm concidered pretty damned skinny. I say good for her, getting that 10K, off course her ballerina career is over, but at least now she can have all the brownies she wants...
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11-27-2003, 04:44 AM | #5 (permalink) | |
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She has been reinstated.
She is very tall for a ballerina, but the article leans towards her larger than typical ego as her biggest problem. I think it will be only a matter of time before she is fired again, maybe when the ballet troupe stops selling out performances. Link Quote:
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11-27-2003, 04:57 AM | #6 (permalink) |
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If they are going to fire her,
then fire her for the real reason. The reason they got zapped is because they lied, and tried to insult her at the same time. Their fuck up. Just say she's got an "attitude", or she is unable to work with the staff or other things related to the real reason. Then you have a case. |
11-27-2003, 05:16 AM | #7 (permalink) |
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No frickin way she's fat in the real world. But if you do ballet you learn to accept different standards.
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11-27-2003, 08:47 AM | #8 (permalink) |
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Fat is a misleading term here. After reading Peetster's link I see she's naturally a bigger person than many ballerinas and therefore heavier. I can kinda see their point and especially if she's a bitch you'd wanna get rid of her. I don't see how a 98 lb woman is all that heavy for a trained ballerino(or whatever a male ballet dancer is called) that is much stronger than many other men than you would think.
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11-27-2003, 09:15 AM | #9 (permalink) | |
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11-27-2003, 09:24 AM | #10 (permalink) |
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Gotta say, though, that here in the states ballet schools will reject young girls because they're not built skinny enough, even though they can do the work. The case in point was a performing arts dance school in San Francisco -- a public school, so they had certain responsibilities that private schools don't have -- that rejected an eight-year-old because she didn't have the right body type for classical ballet -- they said. (She was big-built, not fat, and very athletic) Never mind that she was a skilled dancer, trained by her professional dancer mom and could do anything they asked of her -- and this wasn't a professional dance school anyway. Since it was a public school, the administration got slapped down and the girl was admitted.
Used to be a female ballet company around called Big Dance in which none of the dancers were under 200 pounds. Okay, there were certain things they couldn't do, and nobody was sure going to catch them. But they were very, very impressive. |
11-27-2003, 03:08 PM | #11 (permalink) |
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ballet, cheerleading and gymnastics all expect utterly ludicrous things out of young girls. People who participate in these activities are many many times more likely to develop anorexia than those who don't.
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11-27-2003, 04:04 PM | #15 (permalink) |
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For the love of god! Somebody get her a friggin burger! That woman is way to skinny for my taste...
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11-27-2003, 05:24 PM | #16 (permalink) | |
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11-27-2003, 07:48 PM | #18 (permalink) |
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Super fit my ass, those guys are little pansies is what it is.
She can come over to my house and do her ballerina thing on my back, while I do pushups. Too heavy.. jesus christ.
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11-28-2003, 04:00 AM | #20 (permalink) | |
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That's the same thought that crossed my mind. Instead of firing her they should make those guys hit the gym a few more times a week. However, I think it's kinda fucked up that she sued and won money for this. Ballet is a business that people are hired based on physical features and abilities, and if she didn't meet their standards, they should have every right to fire her.
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11-28-2003, 09:27 AM | #21 (permalink) | |
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If they fired her because she is a bitch and hard to work with, then they just need to say so. Blaming it on her weight just makes it look worse for everyone.
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11-30-2003, 03:54 PM | #22 (permalink) |
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the only thing that i can see is that she's pretty fucking tall for a woman. that would also contribute to her weight, having "more space" to fill with muscle and fat. but their is no way that i would call her fat. she's very skinny.
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11-30-2003, 07:53 PM | #25 (permalink) |
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I think they (Western Media) misinterpreted the Russian word "bolshaya" (literally big) as "fat", when infact a more accurate word to describe "fat" would have been "tolstoya", I think the theatre was hinting at that she looks too big on stage, showing up her male and female co-dancers.
Having said that, IMO the theatre was just fishing for excuses, apparently she is a real bitch to work with, and took ages to learn routines, and when she did she made lots of mistakes.
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11-30-2003, 10:12 PM | #27 (permalink) |
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You have to put it in context I guess. The Denver Broncos have a "small' offensive line (the smallest in the NFL), because the average weight of their lineman is *only* 287 pounds.
A 287 pound man is not small by any means, unless you're comparing him to NFL offensive linemen. |
11-30-2003, 10:15 PM | #28 (permalink) |
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48Kg is 105.6lbs.
I don't think anyone at 105 is fat. I'm just not seeing it. A 10 year old kid at that wieght, okay, that I see. A buck five is pocket change.
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12-02-2003, 03:31 PM | #35 (permalink) |
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It's true, she has been reinstated.
The way I understood it, the 'too fat' excuse was just that, an excuse, because the reality was that she was acting like a prima donna and demanding all the lead roles. I have never seen her dance, or indeed know anything about her personally, so I can't debate the truth of these allegations. But I very much doubt they ever really considered her fat! |
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