Jenifer Ringer Called “Fat” by Critic
Published by altpferd on December 13, 2010 in Opinions
Tags: Alastair Macaulay, anorexia, ballet, ballet dancer too fat, binge eating, critic, dance, fat ballet dancer, Jenifer Ringer, sugar plum
Jenifer Ringer responds to Alastair Macaulay.
Alastair Macaulay chose not to focus on the performance in George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, poor though it might be. Instead, he chose to criticise the weight of the leading dancers.
As Alastair Macaulay said, and I quote: “This didn’t feel, however, like an opening night. Jenifer Ringer, as the Sugar Plum Fairy, looked as if she’d eaten one sugar plum too many; and Jared Angle, as the Cavalier, seems to have been sampling half the Sweet realm.”
Jenifer Ringer had previously left ballet years ago due to her battle with weight.
She responded by saying “It made me feel bad, it was embarrassing,” and since then there has been a deluge of emails and criticism online of Alastair Macaulay.
Alastair chose to respond by saying ” This has caused a certain brouhaha online, and a minor deluge of reader e-mails, in many cases obscene and abusive. The general feeling was that my characterizations went beyond the pale of civilized discourse. One reader wrote that the review was ‘appalling’, ‘heartbreaking’, ‘childish’, ‘hurtful’ and ‘incompetent’.”
Alastair believes that entering the world of dance means that one must allow criticism of personal physique.
Jenifer Ringer has always been open about her binge eating and anorexia disorder.
Read more: http://newsflavor.com/opinions/jenifer-ringer-called-fat-by-critic/#ixzz1DcHf3Wos
Published by altpferd on December 13, 2010 in Opinions
Tags: Alastair Macaulay, anorexia, ballet, ballet dancer too fat, binge eating, critic, dance, fat ballet dancer, Jenifer Ringer, sugar plum
Jenifer Ringer responds to Alastair Macaulay.
Alastair Macaulay chose not to focus on the performance in George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, poor though it might be. Instead, he chose to criticise the weight of the leading dancers.
As Alastair Macaulay said, and I quote: “This didn’t feel, however, like an opening night. Jenifer Ringer, as the Sugar Plum Fairy, looked as if she’d eaten one sugar plum too many; and Jared Angle, as the Cavalier, seems to have been sampling half the Sweet realm.”
Jenifer Ringer had previously left ballet years ago due to her battle with weight.
She responded by saying “It made me feel bad, it was embarrassing,” and since then there has been a deluge of emails and criticism online of Alastair Macaulay.
Alastair chose to respond by saying ” This has caused a certain brouhaha online, and a minor deluge of reader e-mails, in many cases obscene and abusive. The general feeling was that my characterizations went beyond the pale of civilized discourse. One reader wrote that the review was ‘appalling’, ‘heartbreaking’, ‘childish’, ‘hurtful’ and ‘incompetent’.”
Alastair believes that entering the world of dance means that one must allow criticism of personal physique.
Jenifer Ringer has always been open about her binge eating and anorexia disorder.
Read more: http://newsflavor.com/opinions/jenifer-ringer-called-fat-by-critic/#ixzz1DcHf3Wos
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