Dance Informa Magazine
Dance Health
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5.8KGiving delicious Halloween treats a healthier spin
I’m a nutritionist, but I admit that Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. What’s not to love about carving pumpkins, roasting...
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6.7KGet healthy with these back-to-school lunch ideas
As a busy mom of two dancers myself, I recognize that the lunch struggle is real. As a dietitian who works with...
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5.5K4 ways to enhance your dance artistry this season
Fall is upon us, and before long we’ll be spending more time indoors. It might also be a great time to give...
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5.4KGot a case of the post-show blues?
You’ve spent hours in the studio over the past months rehearsing with the same group of people, practicing the choreography over and...
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13.5KHow the pros care for their body post-performance
Professional dancers give their all during a performance. Some do it eight shows a week, others don’t go on stage until 9pm,...
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13.5KReal 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...
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8.1KBeat the summer heat
It’s summer, but classes, rehearsals and auditions keep on going through the heat. Take care of your body in this season by...
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5.7KWhich Yoga is Right for You?
Have you considered taking up yoga but don’t know where to start? It’s an ancient science of wellness, born and largely developed...
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16.1K5 Things I Want to Tell Dancers: Dance Medicine Specialist
The next in Dance Informa’s “5 Things I Want to Tell Dancers” series. Here, we receive advice from a dance-medicine specialist about...
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8.5KWhy is everyone drinking Kombucha tea these days?
Probiotic drinks like kombucha tea are one of the hottest trends in health and nutrition. Once thought of as something your hippie...
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7.6KGratitude For Our Moving Body
As dancers, our body works hard for us. It allows us to execute beautiful, amazing things, and through that be a paintbrush...
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8.4KTips for Joint Popping: Is it safe to pop your hips?
It used to be that I had to pop my hips. I simply could not turn out or get my leg high...
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8.1KThe Blue Zones: What dancers can learn from the longest living people on Earth
Some of the most respected dancers in the world didn’t get that way because they had the highest extensions or could do...
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21.2KAre dancers the strongest people on earth?
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, right? Well, if that’s true, then dancers are the strongest humans on Earth. We face...
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5.8KAdvice from dancers on how to avoid late-night mindless munching
It’s so important for dancers to get a healthy meal in the evenings after a long day of dancing. Your body needs...
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9.5K4 Restorative Yoga Postures for Dancers
Dance is an amazing, invaluable art form, but it can certainly take a heavy toll on the bodies of those who live...
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69.4K25 Things I Want to Tell Dancers: Physical Therapist
Advice from a physical therapist. Welcome to a new series of helpful articles with valuable guidance from experts — a social-media maven,...
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37.0KHow to Safely Improve Turnout
One hundred eighty degree turnout. Everyone wants it. Unfortunately, however, only a very tiny portion of dancers are born with something even...
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11.1KOvercoming Obstacles; Finding Fulfillment: Part I
Dance can be a hard enough field as it is. But there’s something about it, something that’s in you, that you just...
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10.3KThis new year, take ‘I’m too busy’ out of your vocabulary
This new year, take “I’m too busy” out of your vocabulary for healthier body and mind, and dive with your whole self...
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8.6KKeep Your Muscles Cozy this Winter
It’s winter, and that means (apart from those us of who live where it stays beautifully warm) cold weather. That doesn’t mean...
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6.6KAvoiding Excess Weight Gain In College
College is hard. Dance is hard. Maintaining a healthy weight doesn’t have to be hard with the right choices. I know firsthand...
