The light fantastic? Ballet dancers and anorexia
A ballerina who accused La Scala of promoting anorexia has been sacked. There's more to this weighty issue than meets the eye, says Judith MackrellIn recent weeks, it seems that ballet has barely been out of the news. First there was the young dancer Sergei Polunin's shock exit from the Royal Ballet, a story that rocked the dance world and sent reporters scurrying around in search of motives. Then, over the weekend, …