“…A leading ballerina at Milan’s La Scala who criticised what she described as a plague of anorexia among dancers has been sacked.
Mariafrancesca Garritano, 33, has been fired for “damaging the image” of La Scala – after claiming that one in five ballerinas had anorexia.
Garritano lifted the lid on the regime at La Scala’s dance school – where she said she had been pressured into losing weight after being accepted at 16.
She says she still suffers intestinal pains and bone fractures which she believes are linked to dieting -
- and claims that colleagues – who, like her, went on to join La Scala’s ballet company –
- were unable to have children…”
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Ballet world in a spin over claims of eating disorders – World – NZ Herald News.
