Summary Of What This Ballerina Knows About Body Hatred

Counterargument… With all of the evidence about how bad dance can be on ones body there are many postitives that come from dancing. In "What This Ballerina Knows About Body Hatred" Martuza claims that dancing turned around her eating disorder. She struggled with an eating disorder as a young girl and then she started dancing and it gave her something to work for and participate in, therefore her eating disorder went away. Throughout the years of dancing her eating disorder came in and out until one day when she was at the studio and her teacher pulled her aside and said that people will not higher professional dancers with eating disorders. That is when she finally took those words to heart and changed her habits. She is now healthy and learning
The misty Copeland I will what I want campaign is produced by under armor. The campaign promotes strength, gracefulness, and being womanly. It promotes how strong is the new beautiful. Misty Copeland is a role modeal that dancing is good, healthy, and athletic. Don’t fall into the trap of these factors that are coming after you. She stresses the importance of not listening to what other people think and if you belive you can do something go for it. Not matter how skinny you are directors are always going to be looking for something that you don’t have. She did not start dancing until she was thirteen and was told that she had the wrong body to be a dancer. She did not let what these other people said influence her life or her thoughts. She has said in interview (___) that she has struggle with body image issues, that it is not as easy and glamerous as under armour makes it seem. However, it is her journey that got her there. She exemplifies what it means to be the kind of dancer young girls should strive to be. This campaign is changing slowly starting to change the way that society and dancers look at dance, specifically ballet. The things that misty Copeland said that she learned in dance have carried on into the rest of her
In the primary text experts stated that it is important for teachers to address the issue if they see students struggling. It would also be helpful for studios and companies to provide group nutrition classes for dancers to be aware of how to eat well and loose weight in a healthy way. The parents also have a big influence on how their daughter sees herself. Parents should be instilling self acceptance and self awareness in their children regardless of if they are dancers or not. However, with the atmosphere that they are constantly in it parents could make a big impact on the way they view their bodies. Parents also need to be aware of the warning signs for eating disorders or the beginning stages of one. The normal sign to look out for are weight loss, skipped meals, vegetarian, and overly healthy eating. The author Dunning states, “The key thing is to catch them before they get into a situation where they have such a distorted view of their bodies that they don't realize they are skinny” (Dunning 1). This further supports the four ideas just mentioned from the interview. Dunning also questions if parents should even be letting their girls dance if it can have such serious effects on their health. Another author said, “Young women involved in dance classes as it is likely to be a factor that puts them at a higher risk for developing ED (eating disorders) within this environment” (Penniment 21). There are