Jenifer Ringer Remarks by Alastair Macaulay Prompt Controversy
NEW YORK (LALATE) – Alastair Macaulay is under fire for his Jenifer Ringer comments. Alastair Macaulay’s remarks about Jenifer Ringer headline a new review in the New York Times entitled “Timeless Alchemy, Even When No One Is Dancing.”
He was sent to review the New York City Ballet’s performance of The Nutcracker. Instead, he adds comments about how fat he thought the ballerina looks. And despite the “review”, Ringer looks wonderful.
Macaulay says the performance didn’t “feel … like an opening night”. Why?
“Jenifer Ringer, as the Sugar Plum Fairy, looked as if she’d eaten one sugar plum too many; and Jared Angle, as the Cavalier, seems to have been sampling half the Sweet realm. They’re among the few City Ballet principals who dance like adults, but without adult depth or complexity.”
Ringer, in fact, has previously confessed to having won the battle against anorexia and compulsive eating. In a Working Mother magazine profile, she admitted her struggles despite a critical industry. Two years ago, she brought a new joy into her life, her daughter Grace.
As one commentator on another site said of the article, “She looks like a beautiful ballerina to me.”
