Safety & Code Where was OSHA?

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http://www.ozy.com/flashback/the-ba...016&variable=4079644f8fe578c0fe28d8d320f91279
Today’s ballerinas are expected to starve and punish themselves for fear of being pushed off the assembly line, says Deirdre Kelly, dance critic and author of Ballerina: Sex, Scandal and Suffering Behind the Symbol of Perfection. But with Livry, “the directors said, ‘No, please, you’re our labor force, we want to preserve you,’ ” Kelly says, noting how Livry’s refusal to wear the chemically treated tutus, while tragic and unwise, showed a certain admirable willfulness. It was an example of a dancer setting her own priorities and seizing authority as an artist, Kelly believes, rather than as the embodiment of a choreographer’s vision.

Open gas flame + tutus = bad.
 
Good article.
 
Except for the quote about starving themselves it's a good article. A ballerina who's starving themselves isn't doing it right. I can't tell you the amount of times I've almost lost a limb going out to eat with ballerinas after performances.
 

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