Dance Informa Magazine
Dance Health
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8.0KGratitude 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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9.1KTips 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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8.4KThe 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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21.6KAre 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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6.1KAdvice 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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9.7K4 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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69.8K25 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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37.4KHow 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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11.4KOvercoming 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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10.7KThis 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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8.9KKeep 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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6.9KAvoiding 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...
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12.5KFour Guidelines for Stretching – With Mind and Body
Has your stretching started to feel like the same old routine to you? Have you injured yourself, or feel nagging strain, while...
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11.9K5 Post-Performance Yoga Poses for Dancers
After giving it your all in performance, class or auditions, your muscles need some love. Gentle stretching after physical exertion helps to...
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8.0K1Delicious Nutrition Powerhouses: Fall and Winter Greens
All the recipes below have been developed and tested by Emily Harrison, registered dance dietitian. The kale salad and the smoothie recipe...
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26.0KSafe Dance: How to Deal With Dreaded Injuries
As dancers, we despise the idea of being injured and having to take time off. But what does “time off” really mean?...
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48.0K17 Ways to Refresh Your Dancer Feet
For dancers, their feet are some of their most prized possessions. Dancers bend them, stretch them, turn on them and jump on...
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6.2KIs eating organic really worth the extra cost?
Pesticides: What You Should Know Pesticides and herbicides control unwanted insects and weeds, but they also affect beneficial insects like bees and...
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9.0KA delicious day’s worth of Calcium and Vitamin D, without any cow’s milk
Dancers can be deficient in Calcium and Vitamin D. Find out more: Adequate calcium is needed throughout one’s lifespan. We all know it is...
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34.1KProtein Needs of Dancers: How Much, What Kind, and When?
Do dancers need extra protein? Do they need to use powders, drinks, shakes or amino acid supplements or should they just eat...
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13.4KWhy see a Dietitian? Could meeting with a qualified nutrition expert help you?
Nutrition information and mis-information is all over the internet and popular media. It’s easy to get a copy of the latest diet...
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37.3K2Should dancers do weight training?
Ballet is a physically demanding art form for both males and females. Just as male dancers require powerful upper body, core, back...
