Guest post by Annett Bone “I know you’ve lost weight, but I need you to lose more.” Took me a minute to process this statement. Wait a minute, what? As these words sank in, I thought, “I’ve been working so
Change your approach to dancer health.
It doesn’t matter “What she eats in a day”
It doesn’t matter “What she eats in a day” Those “What I Eat in a Day” posts are everywhere. They’re super popular and total click bate. And while I’m not a fan, I totally understand the appeal. There was a
Benefits of taking lower level classes!
How Lower Level Ballet Classes can Serve You! As a pre-professional student or professional dancer, you often crave the challenging classes with advanced steps, hard combinations, and fast tempos that have you leave the class dripping with sweat. Yes, these
Are you “talented” enough to succeed in dance?
What’s success in dance all about? Do you think you’re lacking natural talent or ability and that’s what’s holding you back? Good news, there’s so much more that goes into it. Your success in dance has a lot less to
Interview with Tutu Thin author Dawn Smith-Theodor
Jess Spinner (JS): What’s your background in dance? Dawn Smith-Theodor (DS-T) : My mom had a dancing school in Ohio so I danced before I was born. I moved to New York and danced for Henry Letang who at the
Dancing through Disappointment by The Girl with the Tree Tattoo
Dancing through Disappointment Guest post by Katie Flashner As a competitive ballroom dancer who started seriously training when I was 29 years old, my dance journey probably doesn’t share a whole lot in common with yours. Nevertheless, I want to
How to Improve your Memory for Dance
How to Improve Your Memory From very early on in our dance training, dancers are told that their number one job is learning the choreography. Learning the choreography is just as important as building proper technique, if not more. Your
What to Look for in a Personal Trainer
Finding a Personal Trainer to Improve your Dancing As a dancer you have very specific needs and goals from a physical and training standpoint. It’s becoming much more popular to seek out a trainer to help you with cross –
How to Stay Body Positive when a Friend is Being Negative
Staying Body Positive We’ve all been there – innocently warming up for class and a friend unleashes her hatred, onto herself. She’s looking in the mirror and starts to pick apart her body and appearance. She says her butt has
The Whole Dancer Turns 3!!
It really is amazing how time seems to fly by when you’re fully engaged and invested in what you’re doing. I know I felt that way when I was pursuing dance and I feel that way again working with dancer’s