Misty Copeland - Under Armour Ballerina

Definite athlete. Most real dancers are ultra sculpted. And to get gigs it is ultra competitive.

 

If you consider figure skaters an athlete then a top ballerina is definitely an athlete.

 

Ballerina's are not generally called ultra sculpted. Their bodies are more similar to yoga and palates for 100lb women. Remember, they have to be carried and thrown into the air

Misty and before her Laurie Anderson of Houston Ballet were considered too muscular.

Ballroom dancers are ultra sculpted though

 

I think they are definitely athletes. They put in similar work to football players and what not

My sister is a professional dancer and basically just works out all day long, and it's extremely competitive

 

Go to Google image search and type in ballerina feet.

 

Ms. Copeland?

 

dance is an art form that requires athleticism, so... yes.

 

She is soooooooo hot. If she is considered black, then she belongs in the hottest black girl thread.

 

Made me think of this.

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But yes she is an athlete. On that note, NASCAR is not a sport.

 

Those calves doe....................................

 

I'd say dancers are more athletic than golfers.

 

And gymnastics is athleticism that requires no art form. but look how she arched her back on dismount with her toes pointed and fingers extended. so beautiful. I give her a 9.5 for artistic expression.

 

And a large majority of Baseball players.

 

Not an athlete.

This is not to denigrate what she does: it's physically demanding to the utmost and a difficult field in which to get noticed or get ahead. But that doesn't make it athletics in my mind. Athletics refers to sports. Until they start giving out scores at the end of Swan Lake, it's not a sport.

 

Guess you've never heard of Ballet competitions before, which are used to find young talent.

http://www.adcibc.com/
http://www.balcomphel.fi/english/competition.html
https://www.facebook.com/AmericanInternationalBalletCompetition
http://www.rad.org.uk/achieve/the-genee

And certainly, all professional Ballroom Dancing is about competing in competitions.

 

Of course I have. I've also heard of lumberjacking and firefighter competitions, too. Doesn't make them athletes.

 

So you are backing off your statement, "Until they start giving out scores at the end of Swan Lake, it's not a sport. "

Are professional Ballroom Dancers athletes? Their whole training and focus is competitions.

 

If they had the option of being: ATHLETE or ARTIST
but not both . . . which would they choose?

just because something is HARD / Difficult and requires athleticism
does make them sports

Athletics though .. . yes.. . . not all athletes are in sports
and not all sports require a person to be athletes.

Rocket River

 

I don't understand who is in the letter, who didn't accept the person in the letter, and why do Under Armour clothes need to be so small on anyone. I'm kind of lost why we need to be told "I WILL WHAT I WANT"...

And, no she's not an ATHLETE, she's an ARTIST in Ballet Dancing.