Dance Informa Magazine
All posts tagged "cross-training for dancers"
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221Dancer HealthFascinating fascia: The secret to strength, mobility, and emotion
Dancers know that strength, flexibility, and control are essential — but one crucial element often goes unaddressed: fascia. This web-like connective tissue...
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526Dance AdviceHow can I achieve the ideal ballet body?
Achieving the “ideal ballet body” is less about fitting into a specific mold and more about developing strength, flexibility, and control, all...
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629Dancer HealthThe dancer’s spine: Moving freely in 3D
As dancers, we ask a lot of our bodies, and our spines take centre stage in every movement. The human spine is made up...
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661Dancer HealthWelcome to your hips! Anatomy for dancers
The hip is a vital joint for dancers, offering a balance of mobility, stability and strength. It is a ball-and-socket joint where...
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1.4KDance Teacher ResourcesBallet needs boys to survive: The ballet industry has evolved, when will society?
Last edition, we heard from Queensland Ballet Academy Artistic Director Christian Tàtchev about the crisis affecting the future of ballet being seen...
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771Dance Teacher ResourcesIntro to the foot: A marvel of motion
Let’s start from the ground up… The human foot is a complex structure, vital for movement and balance. With 26 bones and...
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1.2KDance AdviceBeyond Stretching, Part 5: Finding confidence and growth on the road to becoming a professional dancer
It’s no secret that a professional dancer is one of the most challenging yet rewarding journeys one can undertake. It involves countless...
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2.1KDance Teacher ResourcesBeyond Stretching, Part 4: Strength to technique – lighter than air
In the captivating world of dance, our journey towards mastery often mirrors the great feats of aviation pioneers. Picture yourself in the...
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1.7KDancer HealthBeyond Stretching, Part 3: Sustainable flexibility development
For this edition’s Beyond Stretching column, Zac Jones, founder of Heal Yourself and Move, joins Dance Informa to delve into the nuanced...
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1.9KFeaturedDancers from around the world: 3 dance journeys
Dancers, no matter where they come from, have many things in common. They’re passionate, hard workers and, however their dance journey has...
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1.3KDancer HealthBeyond Stretching, Part 2: Safely maintaining and enhancing arabesques and extensions during holiday breaks
Welcome to this issue’s Beyond Stretching column with Zac Jones from Heal Yourself and Move! In part two, we will be sharing strategies to...
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1.2KFeatured‘Vitality’ at Energetiks VDF offers teachers a choice
When it comes to professional development, as educators, we want to be sure we are spending our precious free time on something...
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1.5KDancer HealthBeyond Stretching, Part 1: Sustaining peak performance
Over the next six issues, Dance Informa will be collaborating with Zac Jones, director of Heal Yourself and Move, on a series...
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5.4KDance Advice5 ways you can diversify your skills in movement related fields
Dancers are agile and intelligent individuals, who have the capacity to learn quickly, adopt new information and strike with precision. So when...
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3.2KDancer HealthA Pilates sequence for cross-training and re-centring in stressful times
Pilates is about centring, literally and figuratively — building core strength and finding one’s metaphorical centre, one’s sense of inner strength and...
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2.8KDance Teacher ResourcesInvesting in digital delivery for the strength and conditioning of dancers
Dance and movement educator Zac Jones leads Heal Yourself and Move, a conditioning and strength training program which he teaches at a...
