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[balletmama]

I see on the San Jose Silicon Valley site the usual link to "Dancers" is missing.  Instead one clicks on a link to -- I am not making this up -- "Cultural Athletes."  http://www.balletsan...alathletes.html

I am hoping this is tongue in cheek.  Otherwise, for me it conjures up Fascist and Soviet art...

;)

[dirac]

Thanks for the link!  I suspect that the sports reference is another attempt to reach out to a "broader audience".  Yes, ballet is not sport, although as one with a foot in both camps, I sometimes think balletomanes have more in common with sports fans than either side cares to admit.

[Mel Johnson]

Well, it's better than "Buglesses".  Bugless used to be a real hot name in the seventeenth century, and started out as "Bugloss" (a flowering herb) and a feminine name, but soon changed its spelling and became unisex.  How PC of the seventeenth century!

[MJ]

In an attempt to get ballroom dancing recognized as an olympic Sport, it is now referred to as "DanceSport"

MJ