Sadler's Wells, LondonAge can be cruel to dancers. To classical dancers, in particular, for whom performing is often a brutal struggle against nature. The human body is not designed for ballet. It has to be modified, joint by joint, muscle by muscle, and thereafter maintained in its artificial state. And if this process is allowed to slip, even for a day, nature begins to reassert itself. It's a battle that, ultimate…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PM on July 9, 2011