5. Both rely on a language that is near incomprehensible to those watching it for the first time. Post pattern? Battement? Positions? Slant cross?

4. NFL Hall of Famer Lynn Swann
(In fact, there is a significant number of pro and collegiate players who take ballet, yoga and other movement classes).

3. Both rely on heavily choreographed sequences, and when the choreography breaks down, gut-wrenching collisions happen.

2. Both were listed as being among the top 3 most physically and mentally taxing sports in a 1975 Journal of Sports Medicine study. Ballet was #1, Football was #3. In between? Bullfighting.

1. Both need to ponder the impact of white spandex on body image. (It’s ad #20)

Tagged with: ballet , football , health , injuries , sobe