Dance Informa Magazine
Dance Health
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7.5K1Ways to show your heart some love Valentine’s
By Emily C. Harrison MS, RD, LD of The Centre for Dance Nutrition. www.dancernutrition.com February is heart health month. This Valentine’s day,...
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5.1KStrategies to Beat the Holiday Bulge: Small Changes, Big Impact
By Emily C. Harrison MS, RD, LD of The Centre for Dance Nutrition. www.dancernutrition.com When the holidays are over and we are...
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8.6KChoosing the Right Energy Foods
By Emily C. Harrison, MS, RD, LD of Centre for Dance Nutrition. www.dancernutrition.com. Choosing the right energy foods doesn’t have to be...
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20.7KInjury Prevention 101: Stress Fractures and Spondylolysis
By Leigh Schanfein of Dance Informa. History and science museums are full of them. Graveyards and memorial grounds are packed with them....
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7.2K25 Gluten-free and Dairy-free Snack Ideas
By Emily C. Harrison MS, RD, LD of DancerNutrition.com Trying to reduce your consumption of gluten and/or diary? Here are some great, healthy...
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20.3KInjury Prevention 101: Sprains and Lateral Ankle Sprain
Ankle sprains are such a common dance injury. Let’s look at what a strain is, how we can prevent a strain and...
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32.1K3Foam Rolling for Dancers
By Laura Di Orio. You may have seen some dancers with a large, cylindrical device poking out of their dance bag, or...
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14.7KEasing Pre-Performance Nerves
By Laura Di Orio. Even though dancers can spend weeks, even months, rehearsing before a performance, sometimes the stage, lights and audience...
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12.8KBouncing Back after Baby
How real life ballerinas return to a life of leotards and tights after having children. By Emily C. Harrison MS, RD, LD....
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13.6K1Injury Prevention 101: Upper Body Conditioning
By Leigh Schanfein. Dance is a full body activity. We use our lower limbs, upper limbs, torso, head, brains, lungs, heart, muscles,...
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12.6KProfessional Dancers on their Pre-class Routines
By Laura Di Orio. They say taking class is like brushing your teeth. So that must mean that stretching or warming up...
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10.4K1Injury Prevention 101: 5 Healthful Fundamentals
By Leigh Schanfein. Nutrition We often think of using food as fuel: ingest it, burn it, use it for energy. However, food...
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6.7K1Can diet calm stage nerves?
By Emily C. Harrison MS, RD, LD. The Centre for Dance Nutrition. www.dancernutrition.com. Being nervous is a natural part of day-to-day life...
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5.2KNorth Carolina Dance Theatre: Promoting Healthy Dancers
By Stephanie Wolf. The blockbuster hit Black Swan had people gasping, “Is the ballet world really that harsh and horrific?” While some...
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8.1KCan I eat fat and look good in tights?
By Emily C. Harrison MS, RD, LD. www.dancernutrition.com Dancers tend to be cautious about fat in their diets. This is completely understandable...
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9.8KParkinson’s Project thriving after first five years
Classes provide rich experience for participants By Chelsea Thomas. Renowned year-round contemporary dance company Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, now in its 35th...
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19.2K2Don’t Fear Carbs – Why They Can be a Dancer’s Best Friend
By Emily C. Harrison MS, RD, LD. www.dancernutrition.com Want better jump height, more endurance, improved brain function and better fat burning? Then...
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16.1KDancer Injuries: What to Do if the Worst Happens to You
By Leah Gerstenlauer. Dance is a powerful drug. At best, it inspires adventurous bravery and euphoria, propelling artists to achieve incredible physical...
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6.5KFitness Beyond the Studio
By Emily Yewell Volin. Technique classes and rehearsals are a dancer’s job and a common misconception is that this training schedule provides...
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26.2KStretching Truths
By Rain Francis. Do you stretch extensively before class? Do you often sit in a stretch for a few minutes or more?...
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7.1KHappy Valentine’s Day: Five red foods that are good for your heart
By Emily C. Harrison MS, RD, LD www.dancernutrition.com Dance Informa is celebrating heart health this Valentine’s Day by highlighting five red foods...
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34.6K1From the Ballet Barre to Real Food Barre: Two Dancers’ Entrepreneurial Success
By Stephanie Wolf. Ambitious, self-motivated, earnest work ethic – these are all attributes of a successful ballet dancer. These are also adjectives...
