Imagine opening your email and seeing your first paid dancing offer! The feeling is incomparable – that sense of accomplishment after SO MANY YEARS of work – it’s pure joy, elation! Your hard work has finally paid off. You start to really
Intentional October: for balanced Holidays
Be intentional. Dancers certainly get pushed into the Holidays somewhat prematurely. It’s only early Fall but I’d guess you’re working on Nutcracker in some form or another. Personally, this really helps me to get excited for the Holidays and the
Change your leotard, change your life…
Bottom Line: It’s up to you You have a lot of power in your life. Admittedly, it doesn’t always feel that way. This weeks challenge presents a small way to assert that power. It’s all about you. This simple switch
Recommit to yourself!
If you’re spending part of your summer at an intensive and the rest on a more relaxed schedule, this challenge is for you. Summer feels like an easy time to let things go. You’re supposed to be relaxing, right?! Yes.
A conditioning challenge
Get your conditioning routine on pointe as the summer time challenge series continues! If you’ve missed any of the challenges in this series, that a minute and look back at what has already been covered. There has been a food
Is competition making you mean?
I hope not! Of all the dancers I’ve ever know, very few were what I would call “mean”. However, in being “quiet” or soft spoken, you might not always come out with feedback for yourself or your peers even if
Summer time challenge series!
I want you to take this summer season to challenge yourself! To help you facilitate that I’m going to challenge myself as well. Each week I’ll be sending you a video with a new challenge. Making a weekly video –
Abby Zinsser on The Whole Dancer Program
My entire life I’ve been told that I was going to have to work harder than anyone else to become a professional dancer. I’m only 4’11” and as I got older, my height became something I hated and it began to make
Kirsten Evans on The Whole Dancer Program
I consider myself to be a fairly balanced, healthy person. I live in a beautiful city, have wonderful people surrounding me, and am fortunate enough to make a living pursuing my passion. That being said, ballet is a profession in
Summer Program Success
Depending on where you are on your dance journey, it’s possible you’re attending a summer program in the coming months. (If you’re not, I’ve got something for you down at the bottom) Summer programs provide an incredible opportunity to train