The Relationship between the Western Ballet Aesthetic and Eating Disorders Among Female Dancers
Location
CSU Ballroom
Start Date
20-4-2015 2:00 PM
End Date
20-4-2015 3:30 PM
Student's Major
Theatre and Dance
Student's College
Arts and Humanities
Mentor's Name
Julie Kerr-Berry
Mentor's Email Address
julie.kerr-berry@mnsu.edu
Mentor's Department
Theatre and Dance
Mentor's College
Arts and Humanities
Description
In the western culture female ballet dancers are frequently seeking to achieve the ideal feminine body. This paper examines the elements that are inherit in ballet that continuously lead to the ideal feminine body. The criteria to become a ballerina, and achieve the ideal feminine body, is extreme and the outcome is often extreme. To understand why ballerinas go beyond extremes to achieve the ideal feminine body is demonstrated by research of the history of ballet, the way ballerina’s train, personal ballerina testimonies, who controls the western ballet aesthetic, and the western cultures idea of beauty. The research supports the relationship the western ballet aesthetic for female ballet dancers has with eating disorders.
The Relationship between the Western Ballet Aesthetic and Eating Disorders Among Female Dancers
CSU Ballroom
In the western culture female ballet dancers are frequently seeking to achieve the ideal feminine body. This paper examines the elements that are inherit in ballet that continuously lead to the ideal feminine body. The criteria to become a ballerina, and achieve the ideal feminine body, is extreme and the outcome is often extreme. To understand why ballerinas go beyond extremes to achieve the ideal feminine body is demonstrated by research of the history of ballet, the way ballerina’s train, personal ballerina testimonies, who controls the western ballet aesthetic, and the western cultures idea of beauty. The research supports the relationship the western ballet aesthetic for female ballet dancers has with eating disorders.
Recommended Citation
Chmiel, Samantha. "The Relationship between the Western Ballet Aesthetic and Eating Disorders Among Female Dancers." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 20, 2015.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2015/poster_session_B/9
