Free Preview: Playmate of the Month February 1995 - Lisa Marie Scott
Talk with Lisa Marie Scott for any length of time, and the conversation turns to ballet -- to Russian ballerina Ekaterina Maximova, "La Bayadère," the Joffrey Ballet's "Astarte" and occasionally to more recognizable names such as Mikhail Baryshnikov or "Swan Lake." "It's more than a hobby," says this tiny, buoyant achiever as she shovels sugar into her coffee at a restaurant near her home in southern California. But then her résumé has already made it clear that Lisa can do a mean pas de deux: In her teens she won awards and scholarships, danced on stages from Japan to Switzerland to Los Angeles and studied with Maximova. Now, at the age of 20, Lisa is retiring her leotards and toe shoes. Though her defection may be a loss to the world of ballet, it's a boon to those of us who don't hang around dance studios or concert halls. "To be honest, I quit because of the weight requirement," says Lisa. "To get that true ballet look, I had to get down to about 85 pounds, and even then I felt like I wasn't skinny enough. I had to ask, Do I enjoy it enough to sacrifice everything else in my life? I couldn't keep on doing that to my body." She smiles wistfully. "I do miss it, though, and I still try to dance with local groups." <br><br> She lives with her parents and 17-year-old brother in a surfers' stronghold on the outskirts of Los Angeles, attending college and mulling over her next step. But southern California is merely the latest home for Lisa, who has been on the move since the...
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