Dance Informa Magazine
All posts tagged "dance health"
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73Dance HealthIntro to the foot: A marvel of motion
Let’s start from the ground up… The human foot is a complex structure, vital for movement and balance. With 26 bones and...
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183Dance HealthMonika Saigal on ‘Nourishing Dance’: Fueling your body for dance and life
There is a new book out that is a must-read for dancers, teachers and directors. It’s called Nourishing Dance: An Essential Guide...
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160Dance HealthDancing at your desk: Mark Morris Dance Group and Breakthru create dance breaks for your workday
You’ve heard it before: most people don’t move their bodies enough these days. Office workdays are long, and the television calls once...
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546Dance HealthRecital nutrition: Fuel for the most important performances of your year
Professional dancers know the power of a good nutrition plan for a run of performances to boost performance while also reducing muscle...
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2.6KDance HealthBallet and fitness – and friends – merge in Grace & Form Studio
It all started with a bag of Hello Kitty candy. When Saskia Gregson-Williams moved to Los Angeles from the UK, and was...
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516Dance HealthWhistle releases free online toolkit aimed at disrupting harm in dance
Whistle has announced the launch of Disrupting Harm In Dance, a free online toolkit designed to support dancers and dance institutions in addressing sexism,...
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556Dance HealthTop 10 holiday dos and don’ts for keeping the body healthy
With the holidays just around the corner, Dance Informa wanted to give the gift of health advice for the body, mind and...
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822Dance HealthAre dancers getting injured more? Part III: Pushing back against the trend
We’ve all been there — you see something flatly wrong on social media, and you pause for a moment. After a sigh,...
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902Dance HealthAre dancers getting injured more? Part II: It all goes back to technique
We all know that scene in Center Stage: Juliette (Donna Murphy) finds Eva (Zoe Saldana) working alone in the studio late at night....
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535Dance HealthAre dancers getting injured more? Part I
A big leap, a multiple turn, an intricate phrase of choreography – and, pop. There goes an injury. Alternatively, other dancer injuries...
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2.3KDance HealthMovement for mental health: An interview with Alyson Stoner
I think we can all agree that mental health support is needed now more than ever. While therapy still carries a stigma and...
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1.9KDance HealthHave you forgotten why you love dance?
Many of us eat, breathe and sleep dance, and we can lose sight of the beauty and passion that drew us to...
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5.2KDance HealthSocial media: How does it affect the dance world?
Social media. It’s infiltrated every part of our life — our relationships, travel, work, news, school and entertainment. Technically, social media includes any website or...
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2.4KDance Health5 stretches to avoid: Helping your students avoid injury
We are all different. Our anatomy, our goals and our dance styles vary. So is there really a golden list of stretches...
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1.5KDance HealthDanscend launches to provide mental wellness resources for dancers
Former professional dancers and long-time dance educators Michelle Loucadoux and Kristin Deiss have joined forces to bring mental wellness to the forefront...
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2.0KDance HealthDancers’ top takeaways from leading sports nutrition conference
Revolutionizing Performance Nutrition was the theme of 2021’s symposium for the Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutrition (SCAN) practice group. This subgroup of...
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4.4KDance HealthEric Franklin’s ‘Dynamic Alignment through Imagery’: A lifestyle of conscious movement, in a book
You know those “a ha!” moments in your dance training, those exciting moments of embodied understanding? Think back to those for a...
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3.4KDance HealthThe mind-body connection is a terrible thing to waste* but even worse to misuse
The mind-body connection, while not a novel phenomenon, has become a trendy topic in health and wellness circles. Often used as a...
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4.3KDance HealthWhen doing more means moving less
The need to get things done and to cross off the proverbial to-do list is strong in so many of us. As...
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2.9KDance HealthHarnessing the power of movement for resilience and well-being
These days, you may find it harder to stay present, especially when being in the moment reminds us that things are not...
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7.5KDance HealthForget fad diets: here are 5 dietary strategies that actually work
Too much stress has come from the misinformation out there about how to lose weight or maintain a healthy weight. This information...
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2.2KDance HealthA Pilates sequence for cross-training and re-centering in stressful times
Pilates is about centering, literally and figuratively — building core strength and finding one’s metaphorical center, one’s sense of inner strength and...
