To her, the exercises that Pavlova and the other ballerinas were doing seemed painful, even harmful, standing on tiptoe for hours, moving their bodies in unnatural ways.

在她看来，巴甫洛娃和其他芭蕾舞演员所做的练习看起来很痛苦，甚至有害，他们踮着脚尖站几个小时，别扭地移动他们的身体。