Seriously? The "dancer body" stereotype is the worst, and we're thankful for the many artists who are now defying it every day.
We may have to be well-behaved and put together in rehearsals, but we also just love to have fun and bust a move.
Dance has nothing to do with sexuality. Please retire this stereotype ASAP.
Oh yeah, tell that to me right after I've completed 32 fouettés at the end of a grueling three-hour rehearsal.
Just because we're in the studio every day doesn't mean dance is our ENTIRE lives.
Again with the eating stereotypes! Trust us: Without food, we wouldn't have nearly enough energy to make it through grand allégro.
Many of us can #TiltForDays. And many of us can't. It takes more than great flexibility to make a great dancer.
Do we want to perform our best at all times? Yes. Are we putting glass in each others' pointe shoes? NO.
Good dancers are incredibly intelligent. I mean, can you memorize four eight-counts of choreography in 20 minutes? CAN YOU?
Please grand jeté your way out of my life.
Sure, dancers definitely have some unique identifying characteristics. (We're all obsessed with Center Stage ? FACT .) But we're also subjected to all kinds of annoying, inaccurate stereotyping. Here are 10 dancer stereotypes that we never want to hear again.