All ballet choreographers are brutal to their dancers. People think because it is so beautiful an art that somehow everyone involved is a dainty fag. Ain’t so. And up close and sweaty, the dancers are not at all glamorous.
Dancers are far MORE athletic, than any kind of sports' athlete and the training is brutal, stinky, sweaty, and yes...very unglamorous!
Nobody wears makeup at lessons/practice, hair looks terrible, practice clothes are sweat stained, even when washed thoroughly, and kind of "ratty".