The very idea of a fat dance work by such a prestigious company was, to put it mildly, controversial, because nothing like it had ever been done on mainstream dance stages before anywhere in the world.
Selve idéen bag et værk med fede dansere,  skabt af et så prestigefyldt foretagende, var mildest talt kontroversiel. Intet lignende var nogensinde blevet lavet på en mainstream dansescene før. Ingen steder i verden.