Laura Rosenbury on Retaking Ballet I This Semester: “Oh, Let’s Make Fun of the Girl Who Took a Risk and Put Herself Out There Creatively” | The Columbia Federalist
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Laura Rosenbury on Retaking Ballet I This Semester: “Oh, Let’s Make Fun of the Girl Who Took a Risk and Put Herself Out There Creatively”

After taking Ballet I at Barnard last semester, President Rosenbury has reportedly been seen auditing the intro class yet again this semester.

Though she had hoped to move onto Ballet II after watching and “really relating to” Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan over break, the instructor leading the class had not deemed her ready to progress to the next level.

In an interview with The Fed, the instructor said that last semester Rosenbury had been inattentive in class and had “literally the widest and flattest feet” that she had ever seen in her 30 years teaching dance. 

When asked why she had suddenly become interested in the art of ballet, Rosenbury told a reporter from The Fed that she had hoped to reconnect with the balletcore baddies of Barnard student population after last year’s events She hadn’t realized, however, that ballet classes are famously not the most social environment and are quite physically demanding.

Rosenbury, not one to give up despite constant guidance to do so, has strapped on her custom ordered wide- and flat-footed ballet slippers and is ready to give it another whirl.