Ballet stars offer insight through Twitter

New York City ballet dancers are offering followers an insight into the normally opaque world of professional ballet dancing, The New York Times reports today.

And it’s no air brushed version, with dancers revealing the pain they suffer for their art: “Hi, I’m Devlin and I’m an MRI-aholic” reads one. “Once again I took 2 days off this week. My body is wrecked. At the chiropractor now getting fixed.” says another.

One dancer, Mr Alberda even indicated a possible dispute with ballet master in chief, Peter Martins, writing “I’ve heard the voice of God and he is an angry God with a Danish accent who doesn’t like my acting”

Management of the ballet is taking a relaxed attitude towards the tweeting, City Ballet’s Katherine E. Brown said: “We rely on them to use their good judgement and discretion. We really don’t put parameters around it for them. This is really their personal thing.”