I thought I'd submit a second interesting article on ballet and scoliosis. Alexandra Ansanelli was with the NYCB and is now a principal with the Royal Ballet in Great Britain. There's an interesting comment about the change in her height during the day which also happens to my daughter and I believe Mamamax has also mentioned it.
The rest of the article is really only if you're interested in ballet, but here's the link if you're interested.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/14/ar...cing-diva.html
"During the season, she is in rehearsals by 10:30 a.m., which last until 6 p.m. Other dancers take a break between 6 and the 8 p.m. performance, but not Ms. Ansanelli: she has severe scoliosis, so she does back exercises during the down time. ''It's a constant reminder that I'm not some otherworldly creature, even though I try to project that on stage,'' she said. ''It definitely humbles me.'' She does not have time to have a boyfriend. ''Hopefully there is a future there,'' she says. Ms. Ansanelli does admit one indulgence: she has a fondness for designer clothing, which she indulges on her modest ballerina budget by hitting sample sales. ''I love Versace, and Christian Dior, and Oscar de La Renta,'' she says. When we met, she was wearing a tailored, long-sleeved Versace dress in striped charcoal wool, and a sumptuous green brocaded coat, trimmed in fur.
Ms. Ansanelli has struck a human-interest chord with the public because of the daunting obstacles she has faced. There is her scoliosis, which she hid from her fellow dancers during her final growing years and which even now makes her height vary as much as an inch from day to day (she stands 5-feet-5 1/2 at her tallest)."
Ms. Ansanelli has struck a human-interest chord with the public because of the daunting obstacles she has faced. There is her scoliosis, which she hid from her fellow dancers during her final growing years and which even now makes her height vary as much as an inch from day to day (she stands 5-feet-5 1/2 at her tallest)."
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/14/ar...cing-diva.html
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