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All posts tagged "mental health"
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503Feature ArticlesMargaret Mullin named Ballet Tucson’s Artistic Director: ‘Every community deserves great art’
Margaret Mullin retired from her dance career at Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB) in 2020. While she had been planning on freelancing after...
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559Dance 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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501Tips & AdviceMoving through the holidays
With the holiday season upon us, it can be a stressful time on and off the dance floor. For many dancers and...
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436Dance HealthHow dance can make us better people
Often times in dance, we can be very goal-oriented. We’re perfectionists, always striving for a better line, one more turn, a little...
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817Dance HealthNavigating layoffs: The physical, mental, emotional and more
Going hard in the studio and performing, and then weeks or months off: that’s the dance sector phenomenon of layoffs, one that...
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493Tips & AdviceHow to compliment a dancer: Being ‘nice’ with sensitivity and awareness
“You look great – you must have lost weight!” It’s a fairly common compliment (or at least something meant as a compliment)....
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949Dance HealthSupporting connection over comparison
Some of my earliest memories from my formal dance education are of watching the “model” student stand in the front of the...
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1.4KDance HealthInjured and pining to dance: 4 approaches for how to cope
You’re sitting in a grand theater, watching your peers perform beautifully. Or maybe you’re scrolling Instagram and their opening night pictures fill...
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610Feature ArticlesSpark Movement Collective: Creating an accessible dance experience
Spark Movement Collective, a small NYC-based contemporary dance group, has one main mission: to create an accessible dance experience. Since its formation,...
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1.0KDance Health4 tips to handling rejection with greater grace
We’ve all been there: you get cut at an audition, you don’t get the role that you want, you don’t get into...
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1.3KDance HealthMental health within the dance community: Leal Zielinska and Okay, Let’s Unpack This
Dance Informa had the opportunity to talk with Leal Zielinska, a dance artist and activist with a passion for bringing mental health...
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2.0KDance HealthMental health: When to persevere and when to step back
“The show must go on” — it’s perhaps the most quintessential performing arts adage. Yet, human beings aren’t machines. Yes, we as...
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2.7KFeature Articlesmignolo dance presents ‘Visitor Parking’ at Gardenship Art in NJ
On December 10-11, mignolo dance will present Visitor Parking at Gardenship Art in Kearny, NJ. Visitor Parking is a live, immersive, site-specific multimedia piece rooted in...
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2.4KDance 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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1.9KDance HealthBrand new app Help4Dancers has launched to help dancers with physical and mental well-being
A brand-new free mobile app is aiming to help dancers from across the globe become mentally fit and emotionally strong by building resilience from the...
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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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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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4.4KDance 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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2.1KFeature ArticlesJames Whiteside launches suicide prevention campaign
This past Thursday, September 10, was World Suicide Prevention Day, and American Ballet Theatre Principal James Whiteside has launched a suicide prevention...
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2.2KDance HealthMoving through Uncertainty
Many would agree that these are uncertain times….uncharted for most of us. We don’t know what the future holds, let alone tomorrow. The landscape...
