Because muscle is heavier than fat, dancers weigh more than you might think, but they are usually very lean.

Young dancers are training at a very vulnerable time in their lives... So train the whole person, not just the dancer.

Dancing is a tough career, but I'm glad I spent it at the Royal Ballet.

As you get older, the physical abilities decrease, which is particularly frustrating because your brain gets so good! So as you are becoming less technically or physically able, younger dancers are emerging who need the space to perform.

It's not about weight, it's about fitness, and one component of being fit is to have relatively low body fat, because fat is not very efficient, whereas muscle is.

I enjoy the freedom of modern dance as well as the constraints of classical dance.

It's another myth that dancing distorts or destroys your feet. If you have the right shaped foot to start and a good, strong technique, your feet should be fine.