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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

Royal Ballet school settles with former student over body shaming claim

Ellen Elphick dancing
Ellen Elphick performing in the Young British Dancer of the Year competition at the RBS in 2011. Photograph: Johan Persson/ArenaPAL

The Royal Ballet school has reached a financial settlement with a former student who said the body shaming she experienced during her time there left her with lifelong psychological damage.

Ellen Elphick, 31, had accused the elite institution in Covent Garden in London of a breach of its duty of care.

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