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All posts tagged "dancer health"
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2.9KDance HealthStaying stretched: Lastics technique with Donna Flagg
As the cold season sets in, being conscious of how you stretch is even more important than usual. Wearing warmups and leaning...
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3.9KDance HealthWhat Ginger Cox wants dancers to know about dance anatomy
Our body is wonderfully complex and multifaceted. Yet broken down into its simplest parts, it is a collection of bones, muscles, fascia...
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3.2KDance HealthLYT Yoga: A new way to mindfully move
Lara Heimann had always been interested in movement, athleticism and the human body. From a background of professional physical therapy and Vinyasa...
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2.6KDance HealthPreventing slips and trips this fall
What do you think of when you hear the word “fall”? Around this time of year, it may conjure up thoughts of pumpkin...
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4.7KDance HealthDance and pregnancy: A mom’s connection to her unborn child
Before you decide that this article doesn’t pertain to you, that you are nowhere near ready to have children or have decided...
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6.0KDance HealthPracticing trauma sensitivity in your dance studio
According to the latest results from the National Survey of Children’s Health, 22 percent of children in the United States, more than...
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4.5KDance HealthStudio Bungee: The body in flight
For as long as I can remember, I have dreamed of being in flight or a state of weightlessness. My performing years...
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2.8KDance HealthReaching local communities through movement: Purelements’ Bike East
Humans were made to move. There’s no denying it. Yet hectic modern lifestyles too often make consistent, healthy movement all too rare...
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4.1KDance HealthSummer superfoods to reduce muscle fatigue and soreness
Summer is the best season for fresh food, especially fruit. All fruits have compounds that reduce inflammation and oxidative stress. Don’t worry about the...
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6.6KDance HealthThe SAFE® Method: Spirals and patterns for recovery, artistry and more
Formal dance training includes much about patterns in the body: the sequential arcs of port de bras, common step sequences such as...
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3.7KDance HealthWhy energy balance is the under appreciated secret to healthy weight and more energy
“I want more energy, lower injury risk and a healthy weight.” As a registered dietitian who has been working with elite level...
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2.6KDance HealthPlant-based milk alternatives: What dancers need to know
The rise in popularity of non-dairy milk alternatives can be attributed to many diverse reasons, including increased awareness of their health benefits,...
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2.8KDance HealthDancing through a diagnosis: Using dance to manage Parkinson’s disease
April is Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month. If you are not familiar with it, Parkinson’s disease is a disorder of the central nervous...
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3.4KDance HealthHandling Injury, Part III: Alex Zarlengo
For dancers, getting injured is sadly both not at all uncommon and not at all easy. Even apart from physical discomforts and...
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3.1KDance HealthSpring cleaning for your mind and body
Spring has sprung, and for many of us that means time to do some spring cleaning. Consider that our apartments aren’t the...
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9.3KDance HealthYour nutrition plan for YAGP Finals
Preparing for a competition at the level of the Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) Finals requires dedication, rehearsal and discipline that is...
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4.5KDance HealthKeto Concerns: Is Keto Diet unsafe for dancers?
The keto diet, short for ketogenic, is the latest variation of a low carbohydrate diet with a twist that it recommends eating...
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5.5KDance HealthHandling Injury, Part II: Carolyn Paine
“Out of adversity comes opportunity,” goes an old saying. Carolyn Paine, director/choreographer of CONNetic Dance (Hartford, CT), seems to have found the...
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4.7KDance HealthHow to deal with a dry spell
The performing arts are a difficult business. One day you’ve got a wonderful, well-paying gig, and the next, you’re back on the...
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4.9KDance HealthHandling injury, Part I: Kimberly Giannelli
Evidently enough, when dancers get significantly injured, their body needs to heal before they can get back at it again. What may...
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3.3KDance HealthNew Year’s movement resolutions
You are probably no stranger to the term “New Year’s resolution”. The most common are to “get healthy” or “lose weight”. I...
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3.2KTips & AdviceHow to have a warm and stretchy winter
Have you noticed that it is more difficult to stretch your muscles when you feel cold? Or that it takes longer for you...
