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Anne Bancroft at 46????

posted 14 years ago by NewEnglandAutumn
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I really love ballet, I love this movie, and I adore Anne Bancroft. But I have to say that to this day, it still disturbs me that Anne Bancroft plays a lead dancer for a major ballet company at the age of 46....huh???

I hate to say this, but some of the rehearsal scenes were just painful to watch when you realized some of the teachers were the same age, if not younger, than Bancroft. She was an awesome actress, but come on.....

Now, I've never danced for a company, so maybe someone out there can enlighten me. Is it possible to be that age and still be considered the star of the company? Wouldn't it have been better to make her character a choreographer, teacher, or administrator of the company?

[–] liscarkat (16652) 5 years ago

The trouble with Bancroft was not her age, but her appearance and her lack of ballet training. She didn't look or move like a professional ballet dancer. She looked like an emaciated woman who takes adult ballet classes evenings after work.