HEALTH AND WELLBEING
VEGANISM is on the rise. Many people, particularly young people, are adopting a completely animal-free diet in recognition of the cruelty to animals and the harm to the environment caused by the farming and manufacturing of animal products. They are passionate about changing the world-wide system of killing animals for food and replacing it with a purely plant-based alternative diet.
In the dance world, the most famous vegan of all is probably Sylvie Guillem, former international ballet star turned PETA ambassador, but there are other dancers who have declared themselves vegans, such as Yosvani Ramos (now in the Colorado Ballet) and Robbie Fairchild (Jerrie Mulligan in An American