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From enlightenment to ignorance: Society’s dangerous embrace of stupidity

23 days ago - ballet dancing or certain kinds of gymnastics most beautifully conform to the willowy beauty of the female body, while such things as weightlifting and football do not. I do not know which will cause me to be reviled more: my sense that the latter is awkward or my sense that the former is graceful and lovely. In this matter, I am required to be stupid and to gape in indifference at the one and the other.

It is the same with marriage and family life. Suppose I see a large ...

‘Woke’ ballet school now dropping ballet from auditions, claiming it is ‘white’ and ‘elitist’

July 26, 2022 -

The latest example involves a dance school that has now dropped traditional ballet auditions because it's too "white" and too "elitist," the UK's Telegraph reports.

The Northern School of Contemporary Dance (NSCD) in Leeds, England, which has proudly announced that it seeks to be a “progressive institution," has revised and removed what it calls the “elitist” art form as part of a new 'diversity' effort that includes a raft of new policies that are related to gender ...

Now ballet is “racist” because of its European origins

February 23, 2021 -

NBC News devoted an entire article to Gomes' gripes, which include complaints that not enough dancers "of color" are involved in ballet. Gomes also feels like black access to ballet is limited, thus making it an "elitist" art form.

After joining Berlin's Staatsballett back in 2018, Gomes says she was told that her mistakes really stood out from the rest because her skin has a darker color. She also claims she was mocked when given a white-colored ...

Liberal publication “deaf shames” disabled ballet dancer by photoshopping away her cochlear implant for its glamour ad

November 04, 2017 -

Naturally, when Welgemoed noticed that her implants were not in the advertisement when it was officially published, she was not very happy. “I was shockingly surprised, and it felt like somebody just dropped a bucket of water on me,” she said in an interview with The Sun. “I couldn’t believe what I saw when my sister tagged me in the Virgin advertisement on Instagram. I couldn’t believe what I saw.”

Welgemoed explained that she was “born profoundly deaf” and received ...

Older people encouraged to dance; as a hobby, it offers many physical and mental benefits

April 26, 2018 -

The three-month project examined the health and wellbeing benefits of ballet for older adults in Australia, with an aim to analyze, develop, and provide evidence-based practice outcomes associated to the delivery of ballet to active older adults.

In the research, 10 participants of the Ballet for Seniors classes completed a well-being questionnaire at the start and end of a three-month data collection period to measure the perceived wellbeing ...

WHO urges government to tax sodas and sugary drinks to fight obesity

October 21, 2016 - ballet for San Francisco, Oakland and Boulder. The Coca-Cola and Pepsi corporations have spent millions lobbying against dozens of public health bills since 2011 which target improvements in nutrition and reduction of soda consumption. In Oakland, the "no" campaign funded by the soda lobbyists is calling it a grocery tax. Citing that the tax is a new cost imposed on business which will increase prices on much more then just soda. While researchers in Mexico have documented ...

Pilates better than conventional therapeutic exercises in decreasing pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis

October 17, 2018 - ballet. This exercise was introduced in the U.S. during the 1920s by physical trainer Joseph Pilates. During that time, Pilates served as a way to help injured athletes and dancers safely return to exercise and maintain their fitness. From then on, Pilates has been adapted to suit people in the general community.

Pilates training includes various exercise sequences that are done in low repetitions, typically five to 10 times over a 45- to 90-minute session.

Pilates ...

Joe Biden promotes 18-month-old babies becoming transgenders

October 03, 2020 - ballet and the RuPaul Drag Race show."

"At age seven, he is a powerful advocate for himself and other children just like him," the parent added.

The parent of a nine-year-old "transgender son" who also spoke to the Biden Foundation expressed regret that she did not let her child "transition" to another gender even sooner. She apparently blames herself for not being "woke" enough to understand that prepubescent children are, according to people like Biden, ...

Science confirms: Women athletes have DIFFERENT nutritional needs than men; transgenderism is a delusion

August 17, 2019 - ballet dancers. The prevalence of LEA varies from about 2 percent of female club level endurance athletes to 77 percent of ballerinas.

"Female athletes often have energy intakes which do not match their high level of energy expenditure,” warns Dr. Black. “Sometimes this is because they purposefully restrict their caloric intake for performance or aesthetic reasons, other times it can happen accidentally due to increased training loads, competitions, or lack of knowledge ...

“Woke” ad for U.S. Army focuses on LGBTQ issues, lesbian mothers, while Russia focuses on recruiting manly men

May 18, 2021 - ballet, played violin, I also marched for equality.

https://twitter.com/ColumbiaBugle/status/1392707508968386566

“I like to think I’ve been defending freedom from an early age,” she noted further.

After marching in the gay pride parade, Malonelord said one of her mothers got into a tragic accident that left her paralyzed, though she still managed to recover enough where she could walk down the aisle to marry her other mother.

And as her graduation ...

Understanding synesthesia: Why some people “hear” silent flashes

June 08, 2018 - ballet dancer doing a pirouette and a hammer hitting a nail.

The participants also responded to multiple choice questions in the survey about demographics, experience of vEAR, and other attributes.

Based on the survey results, the researchers determined that there was a significantly higher prevalence of the vEAR. At least 21 percent of the 4,128 participants reported that they had previously experienced vEAR. The results also showed that meaningless abstract ...

Exercise Better Than Ergonomics to Treat Upper-Body Work Injuries (press release)

September 27, 2006 - naturalnews.com printable article

Exercise Better Than Ergonomics to Treat Upper-Body Work Injuries (press release)

Yet, �conservative interventions such as physiotherapy and ergonomic adjustments play a major role in the treatment of most work-related complaints of the arm, neck or shoulder,� said Verhagen, a physical therapist and epidemiologist at the Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam.As for expensive ergonomic equipment like special keyboards and office ...

Exercise Better Than Ergonomics to Treat Upper-Body Work Injuries (press release)

September 27, 2006 - Exercise Better Than Ergonomics to Treat Upper-Body Work Injuries (press release)

Wednesday, September 27, 2006 by: NewsTargetTags: health news, Natural News, nutritionYet, �conservative interventions such as physiotherapy and ergonomic adjustments play a major role in the treatment of most work-related complaints of the arm, neck or shoulder,� said Verhagen, a physical therapist and epidemiologist at the Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam.As for expensive ...

The revolution comes to Juilliard

February 05, 2023 -

(Article by Sundance republished from City-Journal.org)

In September 2020, the Juilliard School’s Drama Division announced a series of “community meetings” to address “Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (EDIB) issues.” The school’s growing cadre of diversity bureaucrats would discuss Juilliard’s’ “anti-racism work.” The head of the Center for Racial Healing would give a presentation. Workshops would address such topics as “race in rehearsal” and “voice and ...