No sooner did Haglund recommend Michael Kaiser for a State Department diplomatic post to save the world through culture than there he is on The Huffington Post making important and sweeping statements about how allowing every child to study and learn to love dance will reduce the nation's health care costs. He's right, you know, especially when he says:
But last, and certainly not least, dance teaches a love of body. Children who dance are far more likely to appreciate their own physical selves. Dance training helps address the obesity problem currently facing our nation. Children who dance regularly are less likely to be overweight; they improve their metabolisms and burn calories. But perhaps most important, children who dance are less likely to participate in the dangerous behaviors that adversely impact the lives of their peers: teen pregnancy, drug abuse, unprotected sex, etc.
And by the way, he has the Pennsylvania Ballet, New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Mariinsky Ballet, and Bolshoi Ballet all lined up at the Kennedy Center for the Perfoming Arts for the 2009-2010 season.