Ballet To The Eagles: Maybe You'd Be In The Playoffs If You Played Like Us

PHILADELPHIA, PA - The Philadelphia Eagles season is officially over, and there is near-unanimous disappointment from the fanbase across the Delaware Valley and elsewhere in their 7-9 finish.

Some fans seemed to be mollified by the firing of head coach Chip Kelly, who many blamed for the team’s failure, dating back to questionable moves made in the offseason.

However, owner Jeffrey Lurie reportedly fired Kelly due to off the field issues, such as Kelly asking the team’s holiday party be rescheduled to better fit the team’s practice schedule.

In frustration with the Eagles’ sub-par season, one person recently commented on Facebook that the Eagles had “played like they were wearing tutus!!!”

It may seem like an average put-down, but not so to the Pennsylvania Ballet, a company full of fiercely competitive dancers, who happen to perform in tutus.

The Ballet took to Facebook to express their disapproval with the comparison, and made some compelling points:

By tomorrow afternoon, the ballerinas that wear tutus at Pennsylvania Ballet will have performed The Nutcracker 27 times in 21 days. Some of those women have performed the Snow scene and the Waltz of the Flowers without an understudy or second cast. No ‘second string’ to come in and spell them when they needed a break. When they have been sick they have come to the theater, put on make up and costume, smiled and performed. When they have felt an injury in the middle of a show there have been no injury timeouts. They have kept smiling, finished their job, bowed, left the stage, and then dealt with what hurts. Some of these tutu wearers have been tossed into a new position with only a moments notice. That’s like a cornerback being told at halftime that they’re going to play wide receiver for the second half, but they need to make sure that no one can tell they’ve never played wide receiver before. They have done all of this with such artistry and grace that audience after audience has clapped and cheered (no Boo Birds at the Academy) and the Philadelphia Inquirer has said this production looks “better than ever”.

Read more about the Pennsylvania Ballet on their website here.