Ballet Body Trend Reflects Conservative Backlash on Gender Roles
The 'Ballet Body' aesthetic is gaining popularity as a beauty ideal, promoting extreme thinness and discipline. This trend, spreading via social media under 'Ballet Core', is linked to a conservative backlash that reinforces traditional gender roles. While Pilates classes now have free spots, ballet courses for beginners are fully booked ten days in advance. Young women are flocking to these classes not just to learn ballet but to achieve a 'skinny' physique. The return to the 1990s and 2000s obsession with thinness is noted, with the article appearing in Der Freitag.
Key facts
- Ballet Body ideal promotes extreme thinness and discipline.
- Trend is associated with a conservative backlash and traditional gender roles.
- Pilates classes now have free spots, while ballet courses are booked out.
- Ballet courses for beginners are fully booked ten days in advance.
- Young women seek Ballet Core aesthetic and to become 'skinny'.
- The trend marks a return to 1990s and 2000s thinness obsession.
- Article published in Der Freitag.
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- Der Freitag