Is Ballet Safe or Harmful?
IS BALLET SAFE? IS BALLET HARMFUL? This post is inspired by conflicting thoughts on these questions I have encountered over the last week or two and a desire to share…
Author: Marsha Novak
Feldenkrais and Ballet
FELDENKRAIS® AND BALLET: my personal story I became seriously interested in studying dance in my late teens at university. It started with modern dance with the most offerings and access…
Using Your Turnout
USING YOUR TURNOUT In two previous articles I described the “anatomy of turnout” and then offered some exercises to improve the mobility in your hip joint – especially into external…
Turning Out – range of motion
IMPROVING TURNING OUT – part 1 In my last article I explained the mechanics of turning out. While that understanding is clearly valuable, I bet most folks are really interested…
Turning Out – part 1
TURNING OUT – part 1 Turnout – it is something that ballet dancers at all levels and at all ages think about. As someone with both experience dancing ballet, and…
The Bridge: connecting the art and science of dance
THE BRIDGE: connecting the art and science of dance. This is my gift to you. You are a dancer. You are struggling with some aspect of your performance. Maybe there…
Pointe at Any Age
EN POINTE at any age? a professional perspective When they majority of us think of ballet dancing, for females especially, we typically think of dancing in pointe shoes. And…
Obey Gravity: it’s the law
The idea for this topic came from a few sources. Most recently I was working with my mentee and we spoke about how much the same movement done in a…
Core Competence
CORE COMPETENCE What comes to mind when you hear the words “core competence or competencies”? For me the suggestions are along the lines of something that is “central” as well…
To Nurture Your Practice Nurture Your Clients
To Nurture your Practice … Nurture your clients. With the idea of nurturing a practice, I suspect the first thing that comes to mind for many is attracting new clients….