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Big welcome for the 16-stone ballet dancers
Evening Standard 31.03.08
Sugar plump fairies: The Big Ballet will perform at the Orchard Theatre
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They are more sugar plump than sugar plum fairies but promise to be every bit as graceful as their thinner dancing peers.
The Big Ballet, an ensemble of 16 Russian dancers each weighing no less than 16 stone, will perform at the Orchard Theatre, Dartford, on 28 April as part of a British tour.
The troupe was formed in 1994 by choreographer Evgenii Panfilov to challenge social stereotypes about size and beauty.
Earlier this year, principal female Tatyana Gladkih was suspended for dropping below the minimum weight requirement.
Reader views (2)
i think ballet is wicked i love the way you can be eany size or shape you do not have to be stick thin i would love to be a ballet dancer
- Rebecca Benajmin, coventry
It was an insane performance, we loved the lifts and how the bodys rippled to the music!
Far better the original......XXXXXX Awesome 
Laters sexy ladies x
- Hannah & Ruth, UK
