As a well known performance art, ballet still holds a decent amount of popularity in Equestria. Each of the three races of pony have their specialty. Earth pony dancers train to balance on the tips of their hooves, and make great use of their natural strength and stamina to perform lifts and stunts that would make another pony collapse. A pegasus or the bat winged pterripi would find themselves in roles that require coordinated leaping, and tend to be the ones lifted by their earth pony partners. Unicorns are used for special effect dances involving many trailing ribbons or similar props. When Cherilee assigned an Equestrian culture project to her class based on the different styles of dance they had been learning about in school, Scootaloo and Sweetie Bell were lucky enough to be selected as partners for the exercise. Unfortunately for Scootaloo, they were unlucky enough to have gotten ballet for their topic. Despite being paired with her friend, she still envied Applebloom, who was paired up with Sunny Days, learning how to do the calypso. She wondered how they would get their hooves on so many bananas. Twist was another lucky one, as she had gotten to dance with her chubby friend. At least Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon were suffering with the Funky Chicken. After a lengthy trip to the costume shop to pick up their dresses, an activity that everyone involved in swore never to mention to Rarity, the sun had already been lowered. The costume shop owner asked how they were going to get home, with no flashlight to see by. They realized they had to make due with Sweetie Bell's immature magic. Scootaloo assured the owner that it was fine. "I can see by the light of my tutu friend."