A dancer who had left ballet due to her struggle with weight years ago.
On the show, Macaulay wrote “This didn’t feel, however, like an opening night. 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.”
In an article from 2001, Ringer has discussed her battle with being “the perfect ballerina size.” Something that forced her to leave the professions she loves.
Jenifer Ringer Called Fat
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