“In American dance a new athleticism has joined artistry at center stage. At the same time performing-arts medicine has matured, and its practitioners now recognize dancers as not only creative artists but also as world-class athletes whose art form seems to demand greater challenges each season. But as dancers jump higher, spin faster and try to stay impossibly thin, might they, like baseball stars and Olympic sprinters, be susceptible to new drug regimens? Performance-enhancing drugs, no longer the realm of musclemen, could also have applications for dancers.”