‘Ballet is not a SPORT but a revered ARTFORM’ - Miss D I have reiterated this phrase a million times since childhood. Luckily, the elite professional Ballet School I attended for 8 years didn’t allow entry to such amateur events as dance competitions and I must have unconsciously imbibed this sentiment then. As a Classical Ballet Dancer and company member of the State Theatre Ballet Company of Wiesbaden, I did dance in a beautiful choreography at the International Dance Fest