Dancers can feel like their weight is a tricky balance between staying toned but also having tremendous energy and strength. Being too thin...
“Dance came from the people and should always be delivered back to the people,” Alvin Ailey said. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, a key...
A busy dancer’s day can consist of moving studio to studio — to take class, rehearse, cross-train and audition. In a world...
The time has come for many of us to start thinking about life after lockdown. Most of us have been in lockdown...
Los Angeles-based professional dancer and wellness expert Alessandra Stenta has created a 21-Day Wellness Program, called “Aspire with Alessandra”, that provides tools...
Although we’ve been spending a lot of time indoors…spring is in the air and the need to get ready for all it...
As we enter an unprecedented time in which we need our immune systems to be performing at their peak to protect us...
While not everyone will contract COVID19, no one is immune from the impact of isolation and social distancing. The emotional side effects...
March is National Brain Injury Awareness Month. It is estimated that each year, 1.7 million Americans sustain a brain injury. According to the Center for...
Many of us look forward to Groundhog Day to predict how much longer we will have to endure winter. Will Punxsutawney Phil see his...
Going through short voluntary periods of time without eating is part of many cultural and religious practices throughout the world and pose...
Just by nature, dancers are motivated, hard-working and dedicated to their craft and at getting better at it. It doesn’t take a...
It’s here — your big performance. You’ve rehearsed for weeks, months, maybe even years. You have laughs and special memories, and maybe...
We think of cross-training as a way to strengthen and balance our bodies, when our dancing works them in the same repetitive...
Vitamin C is one of the most popular vitamin supplements taken by dancers internationally1, but this is a classic example of how...
Many of us are familiar with the “winter blues”, and some of you may even be aware of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), a...
As the cold season sets in, being conscious of how you stretch is even more important than usual. Wearing warmups and leaning...
Our body is wonderfully complex and multifaceted. Yet broken down into its simplest parts, it is a collection of bones, muscles, fascia...
Lara Heimann had always been interested in movement, athleticism and the human body. From a background of professional physical therapy and Vinyasa...
What do you think of when you hear the word “fall”? Around this time of year, it may conjure up thoughts of pumpkin...
Before you decide that this article doesn’t pertain to you, that you are nowhere near ready to have children or have decided...
For as long as I can remember, I have dreamed of being in flight or a state of weightlessness. My performing years...