Underwater Ballet Post Cards

Underwater Ballet Post Cards
Towards the end of the Victorian era, a common practice in ballet school across Europe was to suspend the ballerinas head first in a vat of cold seawater. After half an hour, if the underwater ballerina could still perform a natty 'pas de poisson', she would receive The Pink Towel of Courage and graduate to the next level of ballet school.

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