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Taking to X - formerly known as Twitter - social media users tuning into the programme admitted it was a 'tough watch' as they heard horror stories from former pupils at UK's top ballet schools.
A young dancer said a Royal Ballet School nutritionist told her to completely stop eating carbs to make her lose weight and satisfy teachers.
Dancer says instructors used ‘coded language’ to call them fat and shamed them over need to ‘cut off’ body parts
Some tell the BBC they developed eating disorders, while others are left with mental health problems.
Michaela Royle, told BBC Panorama, which airs tonight at 8pm, about the moment she realised her daughter was in a dire situation after studying ballet at Elmhurst Ballet School in Birmingham.