- Joined
- Jul 26, 2003
As Joe pointed out, "baby" ballerinas refers to age, not size nor style. There have always been young dancers, just like there have always been young skaters, but there were three of them at one time -- the magic number for critical mass -- and they were marketed properly by the Ballet Russe. One of the originals was Toumanova, who, like Nureyev, was born in transit, on a train.