{"id":37480,"date":"2010-12-14T11:51:52","date_gmt":"2010-12-14T16:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=37480"},"modified":"2010-12-14T11:54:23","modified_gmt":"2010-12-14T16:54:23","slug":"one-sugarplum-too-many-not-for-this-ballerina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/12\/one-sugarplum-too-many-not-for-this-ballerina\/","title":{"rendered":"One Sugarplum Too Many? Not for This Ballerina"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>As a ballerina<\/a> who overcame anorexia<\/a>, the last thing Jennifer Ringer probably wanted was to be criticized for her weight by a New York Times critic. In a recent review of \u201cThe Nutcracker,\u201d<\/a> said that she, as the sugar plum fairy, “looked as if she’d eaten one sugar plum too many.” The comment hurt initially but is just part of being a professional in a field that demands perfection from those who work in it.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a dancer, I do put myself out there to be criticized, and my body is part of my art form,\u201d Jenifer Ringer, 37, told TODAY\u2019s Ann Curry during an interview Monday. \u201cAt the same time, I am not overweight.\u201d<\/p>\n

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One sugar plum too many?
\n<\/strong>Ringer and a male dancer were singled out by critic Alastair Macaulay after he attended a Nov. 28 performance of the holiday classic by the New York City Ballet.<\/p>\n

\u201cJenifer Ringer, as the Sugar Plum Fairy, looked as if she\u2019d eaten one sugar plum too many,\u201d Macaulay wrote in a review<\/a> published in The Times three days later.<\/p>\n

While some bloggers, including Perez Hilton<\/a>, have jumped to Ringer’s defense, others have suggested that by placing herself in the public eye, she is opting in to receive criticism – both constructive and otherwise, about her shape and body weight.<\/p>\n

Getting over it
\n<\/strong>The controversy stung Ringer initially, she acknowledged to Curry on Monday, but in the ensuing days, she drew strength from the support she received from the general public and the dance community.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt made me feel bad. It is embarrassing to see something bad written about yourself in print. I had to tell myself that was one person\u2019s opinion out of 2,000 people who were there,\u201d Ringer said. \u201cThe outpouring of people who leapt to my defense was wonderful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Image via jezebel.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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