tomuchtallent Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 (edited) This might sound strange question but what happens if a girl grows medium or biggish breasts?would this be a problem for them for a ballet proffession.I havent seen any ballet dancer with average size breasts,they all seem to be very small.Would schools class this as not the right physique? Edited May 7, 2012 by tomuchtallent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 My friends daughter is in the upper 6th at the Royal, she has quite biggish boobs. She is very thin though (naturaly thin). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afab Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Some adults have a size reduction done... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomuchtallent Posted May 7, 2012 Author Share Posted May 7, 2012 Does that mean that bigger than normal ballet boobs are ok for training because they can have a boob job!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primrose Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Ouch, isnt ballet very cruel. Luckily for now my dd hasnt a boob to her name, she is happy about if now but I wonder how she will feel when she is no longer dancing. I have to say you dont see many pure classical ballet dancers with big breasts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belleballerina Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 My dd teacher who is lovely and slim although MODERN/JAZZ/STREET not ballet although was a dancer before she went into teaching has recently had a breast enlargement (not a massive difference but she chose to do it for whatever personal reasons she had and does look stunning) but did before! I agree that ballet dancers seem to have a very boyish shape with just pure muscle "up top". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancerbabe82 Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 It was reported that Jennifer Ellison was assessed out of WL aged 15 for the size of her bust... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Jennifer Ellison never went to White Lodge, she went to my daughters old dance school. She was on the associate programmes but she did not go to White Lodge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancerbabe82 Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Just goes to show you shouldn't trust everything you read I suppose! This was taken from her agents page "Choosing to pursue a professional career in dance, she successfully auditioned for the Royal Ballet Lower School, but was asked to leave after two years due to a large bust, which ruined her lines for classical ballet." http://www.roarglobal.com/clients/jennifer-ellison/biography/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie 2 Milner Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Everything about her says she went to White Lodge.Re large busts. Well as the Mum of a male dancer I know that large boobs do make life more difficult for the man. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildflowers Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Don't know where Jennifer Ellison trained but I do recall from the 'old' ballet co forum, a discussion about some RAD DVD's, where the conclusion was that a very young Jennifer Ellison and Rupert Pennefather demonstrated the course together.....so at some point she must have been 'in the mix', surely it must be more than a bust that stopped a promising career?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Jennifer was a beautiful dancer, she trained at the Elizabeth Hill school of dance in St Helens Merseyside. This school is amazing and it is where Kristen forget her other name principle of Royal ballet trained. I do not know why everyone thinks that Jennifer went to White Lodge, amazing where stories come from. She was in Brookside a soap drama set in Liverpool, does anyone remember it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitschqueen_1 Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 I remember Brookside, I used to watch it religiously!! Â I saw a dancer from ABT recently on Youtube (can't remember her name) a beautiful dancer and she was very generously proportioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BankruptMum Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Are breast reductions really common?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 I hope not, it is getting beyond rediculous and clearly an area I was totaly ignorant off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BankruptMum Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 I hope not, it is getting beyond rediculous and clearly an area I was totaly ignorant off. Â My thoughts exactly Tulip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primrose Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 I do know a girl who went to my dds school who attended a MT college who had a bust reduction, however hers really were huge. Hers were affecting her career and I would have thought her health. Sorry folks but Jennifer definately did not attend white lodge full time, just the associates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Don't know where Jennifer Ellison trained but I do recall from the 'old' ballet co forum, a discussion about some RAD DVD's, where the conclusion was that a very young Jennifer Ellison and Rupert Pennefather demonstrated the course together.....so at some point she must have been 'in the mix', surely it must be more than a bust that stopped a promising career?? Â Yes! That was me. It's the old RAD Inter Foundation dvd; she looks to be about 11 or 12. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 There is no way in a million years I would ever let my dd have plastic surgery. Â The very thought of it appalls me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afab Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 I think the people who decide to have plastic surgery do it when they've finished growing and are adult, physically, mentally and legally and I don't suppose they ask their parents for permission... It must come from a very personal choice... I know of a 16 year old who cannot wait to have a breasts reduction because she has to wear 2 bras on top of each other to dance and it still hurts a lot. And she's been told very clearly by different teachers that there was not point auditioning for work at the moment for that reason... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w445403 Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 (edited) There is no way in a million years I would ever let my dd have plastic surgery.  The very thought of it appalls me.  Breast reduction is horrid - my non-DD had the op at just 18 due to her 32H boobs and the associated back and neck problems they caused her. Whilst she wouldn't change anything the scars are ugly but she now appreciates people talking to her and not her chest  edited for spelling Edited May 8, 2012 by w445403 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 There will always be a genuine need for surgery for numerous reasons, including the reduction of a bust which is totally out of proportion for that person. Â What I object to is the mutilation of a perfectly normal body in order to conform to someone else's idea of the 'ideal' body shape. Â I wonder how many male dancers would contemplate surgery to their nether regions because the bulge in their tights was bigger than everyone else's? 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afab Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 I agree Taxi4ballet and I really like analogy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BankruptMum Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Sadly I guess this is just yet another area which comes under the umbrella of 'ideal shape' for the female dancer. Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjuli_Bai Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 There will always be a genuine need for surgery for numerous reasons, including the reduction of a bust which is totally out of proportion for that person. Â What I object to is the mutilation of a perfectly normal body in order to conform to someone else's idea of the 'ideal' body shape. Â I wonder how many male dancers would contemplate surgery to their nether regions because the bulge in their tights was bigger than everyone else's? Â About the last sentence..... Â Dare I say it? Such a circumstance would probably be celebrated. I know of one such and it certainly was. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecarte Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Stupid question really, but how big is big in ballet? Â Obviously as a non dancer mine are quite some way down the alphabet and are large, but my dd does have boobs but not huge. Â I think she looks fab but it is a source of concern for her. { sadly} Â Â Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 My niece had breast reduction done some years ago. She was such a big girl that her breasts caused her severe back pain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Most of the ballerinas look as if they wouldn't be larger than a B-cup, but I'm no expert on the bust size of ballerinas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecarte Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Â ! Most of the ballerinas look as if they wouldn't be larger than a B-cup, but I'm no expert on the bust size of ballerinas! Â Thanks for that I'm no expert either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa O`Brien Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 (edited) When i was a little girl, i used to pray [amongst other things], to "Please God, don`t let me grow big boobs, and don`t let me grow too tall". I really wanted to be a ballet dancer.[until i reached 17 and saw sense, realising if i DID make it i would almost certainly languish in the Corps on a pitiful salary.] !!!! Er, no thanks.!!! Edited May 8, 2012 by thequays 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa O`Brien Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 (edited) BTW HE answered my prayer,i guess,[ i`m not THAT religious any more.] on both counts.Although by then i would have liked to have been taller.! [i`m 5FT 7] Edited May 8, 2012 by thequays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Is anyone on this forum an expert on the bust sizes of ballerinas (speaking from a professional perspective!)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All4dancers Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Out of all the great number of body shape/size issues that could potentially present problems for a classical dancer (including the development of scoliosis for my dd) I think too large breasts is one that she need never worry about if our genes are anything to go by Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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