"Ballerinas used to be plump by modern standards; indeed, the great Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova was criticised in the late 1890s for being too thin (mocked for her long, slender limbs, she was nicknamed 'the broom' by fellow students)." My, how things have changed. (Might Balanchine bear a bit of the blame?)...
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