An American Football fan tried to mock ballerinas and it completely backfired

The Pennsylvania Ballet has thrown some serious shade at an anonymous commenter who use the dance as an insult.

The commenter is said to have claimed that American Football team the Philadelphia Eagles played like they "were wearing tutus", but Pennsylvania Ballet were having none of it, replying with the following post:

The comment reads:

A Facebook user recently commented that the Eagles had "played like they were wearing tutus!!!"

With all due respect to the Eagles, let's take a minute to look at what our tutu wearing women have done this month:

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".

Adding insult to injury, the ballet group rounded it off by adding:

So no, the Eagles have not played like they were wearing tutus. If they had, Chip Kelly would still be a head coach and we'd all be looking forward to the playoffs. Happy New Year!

Burn.

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