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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Turnout – How to Nurture Your Turnout
This is Part II of a two-part series on turnout. I highly recommend you read Part I first. It explores the purpose of turnout in dance, the anatomy of outward rotation at the hip joint, and recognizing...
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Organic Relief: Relax Pack Review & Giveaway
A while back my friend Tammy over at Inside Ballet Technique encouraged me to check out a company called Relax Pack. Relax Pack is a “Woman Owned Small Business in Scottsdale, Arizona” that produces...
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Life Lessons on Injury: Arriving at Plan C
More Art Intercepts... In the throngs of vigorous dance training, rarely do we stop to consider the idea of not dancing, or having a plan B if it doesn’t work out. I always considered myself a careful...
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Getting Knee Deep With Dr. Craig Westin
I am very pleased to introduce you to Craig Westin, M.D., orthopedic surgeon for the Chicago Center for Orthopedics at Weiss Memorial Hospital and medical director of Chicago’s Joffrey Ballet. Dr....
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Bowed Legs, Tibial Torsion, and Side Splits
A reader asks: “…the thing I’ve always really struggled with was alignment of my hips, knees ankles, especially in second position. Recently I was told that I was bow legged and now I’m wondering if...
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Is Cross-training A Good Idea?
The question of whether or not to cross-train has been a controversial one among the dance community. Ask five experts and you are likely to get five different answers. My take on cross-training:...
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The Long and Short of Achilles Tendon Health
It feels great to have Lauren back at Dance Advantage after a hiatus. She is excited to talk about one of her favorite topics: Tendons! This isn’t the first time we’ve had a tendon talk. A few years...
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Dance and Weight Training: A Perfect Pas de deux?
Photo courtesy Richard Foster It seems an unnatural partnership. Big, bulky bodies throwing around weights in the gym can hardly complement the needs of a dancer for strength, flexibility, agility,...
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Dancing at home? Protect yourself!
If you’re training at home, you know it’s a challenge to take class properly. Even if you’ve set up your home studio with a barre and a non-slick surface, there are still limitations to what you can do...
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