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Question: How Much Should A 5'8" Female Ballerina Weigh!?
I hear they want you to keep a very low weight and it's hard to get accepted to a big company if you're over 5'5"!. True!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Ordinarily, a 5-8 girl should weigh about 140 pounds!. But ballerinas must carry as little weight as is healthily possible; partners have to be able to lift one, and every extra pound makes that more difficult!. A height of 5-8 is definitely pushing the upper limit for a ballerina's size, but there are many other flavors of dance where size is much less of a problem!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

No that is not necessarily true!. I am 5'8 and nobody ever told me that!. If you were taller than that then maybe because then you are getting into the amazon height!. The companies want long legs so a little height is good especially if you are hyper extended (which I am)!. I am 33 now but when I was dancing every day in high school ( i went to a performing arts high school) i weighed 112 and my teacher still wanted me thinner!. And if you dance everyday, 112 looks like 105 because you have more muscle tone and weigh more as a result!. I had a friend who danced with me and she was ALL muscle!. She was 5'6" and weighed 125 but you would not have known it!. She looked like 110 so as you can see, the scales done mean a whole lot when you are an avid dancer!. The best thing you can do is eat healthy!. Eating healthy combined with dancing and you should be a good weight!. Dont worry about being too thin until you want to audition for these companies!. if you see yourself becoming a professional, don't be overly body sensitive now!. You will have plenty of starving ahead of you if you are accepted into a company!!! Better eat now lol
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what in the world!?!?!?!!! first of all you need to stop worrying so much!. "ballerina's" don't have to weigh a certain weight!. as long as you are healthy but not obese it is ok!. but if you want an answer here is one!. you should weigh from 135-140 pounds for your height, and gender!. i am a 13 year old pointe dancer and i weight 122 pounds i am 5'2"!. i am considered to be normal!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

don't worry about weight!. in a ballet dancers life, if she worries about weight too much, it can turn into some huge problems!. It doesn't matter how much a person ways!. Do you love to dance!? Then that's all that matters!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

im 5'8 and 104-108lbs is that too lightWww@QuestionHome@Com