What are the perks of any of looking like a gymnast or ballet dancer?

[Anonymous]

This week I've been attending hit classes at a gym and have received this comment several times. I found it weird because I'm more on the petite side, I've always think people who are gymnasts or ballet dances are "longer" in their muscles. I do look slim but dont know if I should take it as a compliment or not. What are the perks if any to resemble one?

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

At least for the elongated ballet type of figure, it lends itself well to communicating the most nuanced aspects of pose since longer limbs tends to mean we notice every subtle rotation of a joint. I think that's why such figures are often popular in modeling and a lot of dances which emphasize pose like ballet.

I always associated it with a certain type of elegance and grace. A shorter figure with more mass can have its own type of beauty yet it doesn't tend to visually communicate the most nuanced differences in pose.

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

A lot of visual artists often elongate figures in this way even to unrealistic levels to exaggerate poses when they want to maximally emphasize gestural qualities:

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

Especially when looking at figures from afar, like as an audience member looking at a stage, we want to notice every little movement and rotation of the body in any series of motions that convey the most subtle and delicate of movements. That's more noticeable with longer limbs and slimmer overall bodies.

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

A whole range of bodies can be beautiful in their own way ranging from voluptuous to petite, short to tall, lean to soft, but I think that's the advantage of this type of body from a visual perspective. It lends itself well to dancing and acrobatic motions that require communicating the most delicate rotations of each joint.

[Anonymous]

I, for one, think when a lady looks like a gymnast or ballet dancer, she looks incredibly elegant, toned, fit.. in my own opinion, insanely attractive!

[Opinion Owner]

Thank you for MHO :) Keep it up!!

[sheikalana]

Clothes tend to look better when you have a lean and slender figure.

[Anonymous]

I didn't know there were perks.