With apologies to David Letterman, here are the Top Ten Reasons to Wear a Dance Belt
– Doctor Dancebelt
- One really good reason
- Two more really good reasons
- Without one, there would be an extra appendage moving enough to warrant mentioning on a dance notation graph.
- Any production of Spartacus
- It’s the only reasonable medical explanation for Nijinsky’s madness.
- As pointe shoes are for women, they are a dancer’s penance for men (but without the calluses).
- They allow male dancers to use terms like “ballon” without snickering.
- Without dance belts, Balanchine couldn’t have used the title “Jewels” for a full length ballet.
- So the Trocks can partner safely
.. . . and the top reason for dance belts: - They’ve filled seats and underwritten company budgets everywhere by allowing the world to accept a ballet called “The Nutcracker” as a family show.