Judith Mackrell on critiquing dancers' appearances
'To some extent dance critics are all body fascists'Alastair Macaulay, the New York Times dance critic, recently complained that a ballerina in the Nutcracker looked as if she had "eaten one sugar plum too many". The story went viral, and Macaulay stood accused of body fascism; he had dared call a dancer fat.Much of the frenzy focused on the fact that the ballerina, Jenifer Ringer, had admitted to battling an ea…