Could Companies Just Stop Dumping Gifted Dancers Because Of Some Arbitrary Ideal Of Height Or Body Type?

Jenice Armstrong, on Sara Michelle Murawski’s dismissal from Pennsylvania Ballet because, at 5’11”, she’s too tall: “Murawski’s dancing abilities don’t appear to be in question. So if ballet officials had an issue with a tall dancer, why woo her here? Now that she’s finally here and performing beautifully, she gets a hard toe shoe up her backside, because they apparently don’t like the idea of a tall female looming over shorter male dancers.”