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Author Topic: Is Ballet Immoral?  (Read 9974 times)

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Re: Is Ballet Immoral?
« Reply #45 on: February 03, 2026, 05:29:53 AM »
There is a difference between a man having same sex attraction and a man actually committing this sin of sodomy. The former is not a sin.

We don’t know what sins the people we associate with are engaging in… including traditional Catholics 😱

In order to avoid anyone who is committing any kind of mortal sin we’d need to live as a hermit.
I'm not sure how the predominance of same-sex-attracted yet celibate male ballet dancers slipped my mind, my mistake :smirk: I'm certain these totally-not-sodomites will have a positive influence on your daughter 

Re: Is Ballet Immoral?
« Reply #46 on: February 03, 2026, 05:40:10 AM »
I'm not sure how the predominance of same-sex-attracted yet celibate male ballet dancers slipped my mind, my mistake :smirk: I'm certain these totally-not-sodomites will have a positive influence on your daughter
Maybe these people you call ‘sodomites’ will have a deathbed conversion like Oscar Wilde? I do not define people by their sin. Just pray for them. 

Interestingly enough I know priests who have same sex attraction but are celibate. 


Offline Gray2023

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Re: Is Ballet Immoral?
« Reply #47 on: February 03, 2026, 06:55:16 AM »
Ballet is unquestionably immoral, Catholics ought to have nothing whatsoever to do with it.

Regarding dancing in general, read St Francis de Sales' Introduction to the Devout Life.
I need someone to point out the immorality of the Nutcracker suite. I am a practical person and I like real world examples.  My mom let me see this ballet when I was nine.  I didn't feel like I was being scandalized, and I was sensitive to those things.  It was just a cute fairy tail.

You should have summarized St. Francis de Sales because his take on the whole thing is exactly how I feel about it.  He said dances and balls are indifferent, it's what sinful things people choose to do at these events.  It's the time of day they happen.  It's the laziness that occurs the day after.  It's  is probably the alcohol that is served and lowers peoples inhibitions.  He said if you go to a dance or ball be extra aware and make sure you don't sin.

Offline Ladislaus

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Re: Is Ballet Immoral?
« Reply #48 on: February 03, 2026, 07:17:04 AM »
The dancing is not the problem, so remove that aspect of the argument, it is the immodesty of the outfits and impure gestures that is the issue ...

... except of course that it's difficult to separate the "impure gestures" from "dancing", where there's a fuzzy distinction between the two.  Rhythm movement of the body (= dancing) can itself constitute "impure gestures".

Offline Ladislaus

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Re: Is Ballet Immoral?
« Reply #49 on: February 03, 2026, 07:26:20 AM »
I need someone to point out the immorality of the Nutcracker suite.

Seriously?  Simple perform a Google image search of "Nutcracker Ballet".  This was just one of the first two or three images.  In order not to be a hypocrite by posting something I hold to be gravely immoral, I blotted out the gravely immoral sections.  Let's just say you can very clearly see the outlines of both their private areas.  Or have you not read the guidance issued under Pope Pius XI regarding immodesty?  Well over 50% of ballet entails both women and men spreading their legs as far apart as they can.