Dancer reveals surprising ‘Black Swan’ world of New York City Ballet in memoir
NY Post
As a teenage dancer competing for a spot at the prestigious New York City Ballet, Georgina Pazcoguin was told by the company’s then-artistic director, Peter Martins, that she needed to lose weight: specifically in her thighs.
It was her first “fat talk.” She was sent to a nutritionist who recommended a diet supplement that Pazcoguin likened to “chalk dust packets.” Dinner for the still-developing girl? A chicken breast and spinach or lettuce. Her daily caloric intake was 720 calories.
Cynthia Marie Franco was finally able to catch her breath as she frantically ran into her private spa studio in the Hollywood Hills, after finishing a lengthy facial at a top actor’s home, which backed up her tight schedule.
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It was a flashback to NYC in the 1990s.
The killing of Iran’s tyrannical Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Saturday in an unprecedented joint military attack by the US and Israel called Operation Epic Fury set off widespread celebrations from Iranians around the world — as President Trump said it would give them their “greatest chance” to “take back the country.” Meanwhile, in Iran, a lack of internet has made it impossible for Iranians to easily communicate daily conditions. Over a period of three days, with limited VPN connection, an eyewitness currently in Tehran — who, for her safety, is concealing her identity — shared her account of life under a country in the midst of battle with The Post’s Natasha Pearlman.
After exactly 120 years, the curtain has fallen on the Theater District institution Barbetta, with the iconic Italian restaurant having served its final course Friday night.