Movie about a ballerina who is anorexic

The main character Alyssa was supposed to be endearing, the heroine who you root for to be saved, or in this case, save herself But instead she merely grates, and makes one wonder, are all pro ballerinas really that stupid? And the cliche's! Not only does she become anorexic, bulemic, an over the counter junkie, and a pathological liar, but all in the course of a few months. It's like the writer read every horror story he could dig up about ballet and decided to see how much he could cram into two hours, with commercials.

Believe it or not, but I am a dancer. This "uprising" or "resurgence" of anorexia and bulemia that is happening is nonexistent at all of the dance schools I have attended. In fact, the teachers are so scared to even suggest that a girl might stand a better chance a few pounds lighter, most of the dancers in my classes would be actually considered minorly overweight.

I'm not saying eating disorders never occur, but not to the extent as it was portrayed in the movie. Another annoying problem this movie had was the means-to-an-end writing style. Her on again off again boyfriend probably had all of half an hour total screen time, all in the first half. The other supporting characters were merely props, decorations to further the story. Given the right dialogue, this would have been a very intricate mind study of a psycological problem. As it is, it turns into a one woman show, and Kimberly McCullough doesn't have the chutzpah to pull it off.

To a non dancer, this movie would be a supposed "insight" into what really goes one behind closed doors at a ballet company. To a dancer, this is a very insulting movie, which portrays ballerinas as stupid and parents as pushy and ill informed. Those adjectives more correctly describe the people who got this on the air in the first place.

Every time I watch movies like this it I am amazed how blind people are to their own faults. A good movie, because it really got my juices flowing. I really wanted to yell "snap out of it!! No luck at that, but proof it they did a good job at movie making this movie. If you like movies like this one, also watch: "For the love of Nancy ".

This movie clearly portrays the world of classical ballet. After being trained in classical ballet for 13 years I can affirm the reality of this problem. The perfect female dancer in the world of ballet is the one who is extremely thin and muscular with high arches, grace, and poise.

The world of ballet is filled with anorexia and bulimia and laxatives. This movie clearly portrays this phenomenon and its gruesome results. When one of the characters dies as a result of an eating disorder you see the women in the movie quietly trying to make the men see their point of view. The former prima ballerina tries to encourage the stop of letting dancers with eating disorders dance in the school and company. When she meets resistance, she quietly reminds them that had her superiors stopped her and taken care her when she was in the company she would still be able to dance.

Excellent movie with a powerful message. Perhaps the portrayal is a little cliched in this movie, and I would agree that the writing is somewhat strained, but I did find it a compelling story of anorexia.

I am not a dancer. They noticed that most students denied having an eating disorder, even when they showed symptoms of anorexia or bulimia nervosa. The researchers canceled their survey after 70 percent of the dancers dropped out of the study because they started to encounter trouble with the school. More than 20 years later, ballerinas remain exposed to the same problems. Most ballet schools have incorporated nutritionists and other programs to help dancers stay healthy, but "often you get mixed messages," Hamilton says.

The companies and schools may talk about health, "then you see that the skinniest dancers are the ones who are getting cast" in lead roles. To address eating disorders in ballet, Hamilton says, "the whole environment has to support that," including teachers and choreographers at ballet schools. They have to educate dancers, to prevent them from developing dysfunctional eating habits or relapsing after treatment. Garcia had graduated from BSA in spring She decided to start company auditions a year later, after dropping out from her first semester at Towson University in Baltimore, where she was majoring in dance performance.

Garcia checked into the Renfrew Center of Philadelphia in August for treatment of her eating disorder, a decision that followed what she calls the "hell semester. She remembers a cold morning in March that year, when she decided to have photos shot to include in her portfolio for dance company applications.

She was wearing a thin, red dress with no jacket. I was so weak, I couldn't move. I was ready to peacefully go. But her mother called the paramedics, who arrived when she was passed out on the sofa. After checking her vitals, they determined that her pulse was very low and that she had just suffered from a panic attack. Garcia's final audition came later that month. On her way home from New York, she recalls grasping that her illness had worsened.

Garcia entered the intensive inpatient program at Renfrew after enduring serious depression for months. Her heartbeat was a very low 35 beats per minute. My heart was literally stopping," she says. But the doctors fed her and plied her with Gatorade. Within a week, her heartbeat had risen to a normal 75 beats per minute. During the three-week program, doctors diagnosed her with anorexia, anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.

After she completed the inpatient and partial hospitalization program at Renfrew, she transferred to its intensive outpatient program, which allowed her to move home to Baltimore, checking in with therapists and nutritionists three times a week.

Eventually she transferred to the Renfrew Center in Baltimore, where she attends a mandatory Monday support group with her mother and boyfriend. This film is about the affect of eating disorders of family members, especially siblings. From the viewpoint of a younger sister, we can see how people without eating disorders are affected when their loved ones are struggling. Dying to Dance is another movie featuring eating disorders and the world of ballet.

The main character is accepted into a ballet company after school, but feels pressured to lose weight in order to be the best dancer. Movies about eating disorders can help to educate the public and help people suffering from them not as alone.

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It causes me to push everyone away, cause self harm, and starve myself. I will not eat for a couple of days until I absolutely have to. I had the chllis and my eyes were all watery throughout the whole song I wrote a song about what I'm going through, it would mean the world to me if you could listen to it and tell me what you think. My dream would be to become? Anyway if you could help me either by putting a thumbs up or telling??

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