It's very rare to see me go out of the house whenever it's my rest day. By all means, I prefer to stay at home catching up on series, smothering my dogs, and devouring "real" meals which my condo kitchen unfortunately does not have. Since I similarly love to waste my time Buzzfeed-ing and Thought Catalog-ing, allow me to re-post this photo set which presented the truth about ballet in its rawest form. Donna Dickens, you definitely nailed it.
Ballerinas literally put
their entire body weight on their big toes.
She is walking on two toes and making it look
graceful. Two. Toes.
Ballerinas are also insanely
flexible.
If this is not the most metal
thing you have ever seen, you are a liar.
But do not despair, ballerinas
only use their powers for good. Like leaping seven feet straight up.
Naturally all this leads to some
seriously messed up painful foot problems.
But the show must go on, so they
just fill in the gaps, ice their ankles, pop some Advil and go.
So the next time you see a
ballerina float across the stage like a fairy princess…
Or gracefully twirl with a smile
on her face…
Or make contortion look like it
is no big deal…
And you are tempted to scoff at such a girly, frivolous
endeavor…
Just remember...
Ballerinas will cut you.
