Written by Rebecca Nimerfroh
Photography by Luis Pons
Beyond the stage with Nantucket ballerina Ali Lubin Ali Lubin used to dread Saturday mornings. As a professional ballerina in a small dance company in New York City, she was forced to step on a scale after practice. Her weight was then posted for all to see. If she weighed more than a dancer taller than her, Lubin was scolded. If she gained five pounds, she was put on probation. “You would do anything you could to weigh less,” Lubin says. “I would even take the bobby pins out of my hair—it was so sad.”
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