Another of the Stretching Room pictures shows a ballerina with a parasol. As the picture stretches, it reveals that this young woman is on a tightrope, so maybe she’s a tightrope walker. Either way, the alligator below her doesn’t care. He’s just waiting for her to tire out and lose her balance or maybe for the rope to snap. We can conclude one of the two things happens to the young woman since she’s featured in this room in the Haunted Mansion. There would be no need for the living to have their portraits in this particular residence.

The Ballerina is iconic enough to be the subject of cosplayers and Disney Bounders. She has received a couple of names in various other media, but we’re sticking with Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion for the moment.

If you want more Haunted Mansion and creativity, get my book “The Haunted Mansion Is Creativity.” If you want a different kind of Haunting fun, check out “When Hauntings Collide,” the story where you are the star.