Dance Informa Magazine
Dancer Health
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6.9K2Bone Health for Dancers
Nutrition recommendations for preventing and recovering from bone breaks, stress reactions, or stress fractures. By Emily C. Harrison MS, RD, LD With...
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31.6K9Protein Needs of Dancers
How much, what kind, and when? By Emily C. Harrison MS, RD, LD Do dancers need extra protein? Do they need to...
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15.3K1Don’t Stress
Stress, dance and diet. By Paul Vander Straaten What is stress? According to Dr. Tamara Hunter*, “stress is the emotional, mental and...
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6.7KYoga for Dancers
By Jessica Innes. De-stress and Stretch Out – two things dancers need a good dose of! The inspiring choreographer Mia Michaels articulately...
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4.6K2Can Good Nutrition Prevent Injury?
By Paul Vander Straaten I am the proud father of two beautiful little boys. Watching them grow really is a joy and...
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69.5K1D for Dancers
By Chris Bamford Vitamin D is an extremely important vitamin for our bodies. Known as the sun vitamin, we mainly get vitamin D from exposure to UVB rays,...
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9.4K3Massage for dancers
We all LOVE a massage, and as dancers, boy do we get sore muscles! But when and why should we enjoy a...
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5.6K3Water & Dancer Health
We all know we should drink more water, but do we? As dancers, we are athletes and it is important to keep...
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3.8KSlow Down the Ageing Effects of Dancing
By Paul Vander Straaten Did you know that dancing and physical activity actually ages your body? This concept is hard to grasp...
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5.6K4So You Think You Can Jog?
Sport and dance have long been regarded as competitors but it may just be that they are on the same team these...
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17.9KAre You Sick Of Being A Sick Dancer?
By Paul Vander Straaten. Health & Fitness Consultant. I recently attended The Australian Dance Festival. My focus there was to help the...
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8.8KHealth Benefits of Dancing!
We all know that we love dancing and that it makes us feel great, but do we realise just how good it...
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5.6K2Healthy Hints for the New Year
Get plenty of sleep. Are you getting the recommended eight hours of sleep a night? Sleep gives our bodies time to recover...
