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Indeed, promoter Bob Arum, who manages welterweight champ Oscar De La Hoya, dropped Lucia Rijker, considered to be among the sport's best fighters, and now sets bouts for an NFL cheerleader, a topless dancer and boxing's infamous Playboy cover girl Mia St. John. Known more for her pink hot pants than her ring skills, St. John takes home about the same per fight as Ali and Frazier-Lyde...
...undergraduates who have experienced the world of pre-professional ballet, the life of a dancer demands far more than mere physical and creative exertion. It involves an infectious drive to succeed, often at the expense of personal growth and relationships. "It's definitely a statement about my experience in the ballet world that I find Harvard so friendly!" reflects Anna K. Weiss, a freshman in Wigglesworth. Weiss postponed college for two years to dance professionally...
...another pre-professional ballerina, the decision to focus on college came sooner, and more definitively. Allison E. Lane '02, who originates from Oregon, studied at SAB during her junior and senior year of high school. As the official school of New York City Ballet, SAB generally increases a young dancer's chances of getting into a major company, but not without discrimination against students who desire a college education. "In the school I was at," Lane explains, "it was the type of thing where if they knew you were going to college, they might not consider you for a position...
...Upon entering Harvard, Weiss experienced a difficult self-identity transition. "It's hard to figure out my identity now. I had to switch from ‘yeah, she does okay in school but she's really a ballet dancer' to ‘she does ballet for fun, but she's really on her way to Hist...
...Nowadays, Santoro has found a stronger voice in her passion for dance, but she considers herself a ‘dancer,' rather than strictly a ballerina. "Coming here, I've been able to choreograph, and maybe have some roles I wouldn't have had if I'd entered a company. I've done a lot of modern, which I'd never done before—the growth in my dancing has been amazing. I'm really happy with where I am now," she says...