Happy New Year, dancers! 2019 was a strange one for me- mainly because I spent 9 months of the year out of dancing due to injury, eventually undergoing ankle surgery. My main goal for 2020 is to get back to full fitness and back to dancing fully again (at the moment I’m only managing a…
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Announcing the Dare to Dance Book Club: “Ballerina Body” by Misty Copeland
Hello everyone! Sorry for the short hiatus since my last post. I’ve been feeling pretty down and mopey, so I haven’t been going to class or doing much at all. Now I’ve finally started to snap out of it and I’m getting back to reality. When it comes to these things, it’s so easy to…
Dance and Nutrition Part Two: Things I Learned from Visiting a Dance Nutritionist
If you haven’t already, start off by reading Part One to this post, where I outline my story with dance nutrition, and how I came to visit dance nutritionist Zerlina Mastin. As promised, here are the things I learned! 1. CARBS ARE NOT THE ENEMY! Dancers, say it with me and rejoice! It’s OK to…
Dance and Nutrition Part One: My Story
Dance and Nutrition: what an important topic. Dance is incredibly demanding- dancers train (at least) as hard as athletes, however as artists are required to maintain a certain line. (‘Line’ is how we often describe the shape of the body in dance, both in general and when in specific poses). I recently went to see…