Anybody else done both ballet and wrestling?

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In my younger daze I enjoyed an all-boy ballet class where I looked forward to each years Nutcracker performance at Christmas time. During these same years I also participated in amateur freestyle wresting (similar to high school/college with a different pointe scoring system), of which I was eventually able to win two medals at. In my lifetime I've only known of two other dudes who wrestled and took ballet. Any others?

Not so much a dude, but strangely yes.

I used to fight wrestlers all the time in Jujitsu, though I never formally competed under wrestling rules.

Sometime around 1990, sanctioned freestyle wrestling clubs (21 and older) were ordered by the (U.S.) association to start accepting women. With a JuJitsu background, you might do well in amateur freestyle, Jainaday, as throws are the preferred takedowns because they earn more pointes.

I danced Slavonic at one point (Slavonic ballet is costumed and usually has few or no females.) Later on I wrestled, formally.

Thanks for turning me on to this "Slavonic" form. It sounds interesting and I'll have to research it. I always took ballet classes that were either all male or maybe mostly male after I was older.

You could probably refer to as Russian or something of that sort. Old Eastern European school of dancing, so to speak.

I've never done ballet or wrestling, but I'm not surprised they're mutually beneficial. Virtually every martial arts class I've tried has emphasised that dancing and the martial arts have very similiar core competencies, and therefore one compliments the other.

Yep, Vandire, I would consider both ballet and wrestling to be "artistic" sports. I also wouldn't mind trying some of the martial art styles where all the participants wore shoes. (Sambo, maybe?) Somehow somewhere I managed to acquire a phobia about doing any sports barefoot.