Ballet - xoJane http://www.xojane.com/list/ballet en Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:30:00 -0500 <![CDATA[I Used To Be a Dancer and Now I Can't Watch "First Position" Without Crying]]>

I’d spent years answering questions about my identity with one simple answer: I’m a dancer.

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/healthy/girl-talk-i-left-ballet-over-a-dance-injury http://www.xojane.com/healthy/girl-talk-i-left-ballet-over-a-dance-injury Healthy Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:30:00 -0500 Sarah Gray of The Frisky <![CDATA[OBSESSED WITH: Ballet! Seriously, Why Are Ballerinas So Fascinating?]]>

The only thing better than ballet being in is creepy ballet being in.

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/fun/you-know-you-love-ballet-drama http://www.xojane.com/fun/you-know-you-love-ballet-drama Fun Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:00:00 -0500 s.e. smith <![CDATA[No Black Ballerinas: "Bunheads" Could Do Better And Here's Why ]]>

Super executive producer, Shonda Rhimes ("Grey's Anatomy," "Private Practice," "Scandal") tweeted about the lack of diversity on ABC Family's new ballerina show, "Bunheads." I get it.

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/issues/bunheads-could-do-better-and-heres-why http://www.xojane.com/issues/bunheads-could-do-better-and-heres-why Issues Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:00:29 -0400 Helena <![CDATA[Confessions of a Black Swan Mother]]>

Is my daughter living her dream, or mine?

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/family/confessions-black-swan-mother http://www.xojane.com/family/confessions-black-swan-mother Family Drama Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:00:09 -0500 Elizabeth