Vitamin D deficiency is common, and it’s a bigger concern than most dancers...
My daughter is now taking five dance classes a week, so at a recent visit to her pediatrician, I asked about testing for vitamin D deficiency. Our physician stated that in most cases she doesn’t even...
View ArticleResearch shows ballet aides in healthier ageing
Queensland Ballet and QUT released the results of a joint project examining the health and wellbeing benefits of ballet for older Australians. The three-month project, incorporating 10 Ballet for...
View ArticleCaring for your dancing hands and wrists this Winter
As dancers, our hands and wrists help us to execute choreography, express ourselves in movement, propel us through floorwork, and more. Yet the challenges and habits of modern life, such as constantly...
View ArticleHow to have a warm and stretchy winter
Have you noticed that it is more difficult to stretch your muscles when you feel cold? Or that it takes longer for you to feel “on?” This is not your imagination! When it’s cold out, and your starting...
View ArticleThriving through winter with these easy health tips
With the right care and attention to our body and mind, winter can be a time to thrive, to get down to work, and to take great strides toward our goals. How we nourish our body during this time impacts...
View ArticleExercises and workouts: Quick tips to help you prevent knee injuries
Exercise, as we know, is very important and offers numerous benefits. Exercises help strengthen the muscles around the joints, and prevent stiffness, back pain and knee pain. They also reduce stress...
View ArticleExperiential anatomy for healthy foot function
“Our feet are our foundation,” says biomechanics educator Bea Glendenning of I Can Move. “To build a strong foundation, you must make it heavy and wide. Our feet are also our propulsion, and we want...
View ArticleReal Dancers Eat, and here are some of their secrets
At a recent Atlanta Ballet performance, I was amazed at the level of athleticism, endurance and power that today’s classical and contemporary choreography requires. One minute, dancers are barefoot...
View ArticleAttention dancers: Please do this now!
Dance Informa asked 10 of the world’s most active dance medicine and science experts to name one thing they really, really wish dancers either would or wouldn’t do. Here’s some advice that the experts...
View ArticlePreparing for concert season: Boost your performance with simple nutrition tips
For many dancers, the end-of-year performances are a critical time to be seen and demonstrate what you have achieved, but it’s also a time to enjoy all that hard work and get out there and shine. It’s...
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