Standing in front of the mirror and trying on a beautiful new dance costume- heaven, right? But for numerous dancers around the world, this is the moment they dread. “Omg, look at those hips…no wonder I’m not making the finals look at those crooked legs….why is my belly poking out so much?” And on and …
“Motivation is the key to success”, “I feel like you lack motivation”, “Stay motivated” Do these statements ring a bell? They sure do for us as we’ve been hearing about the importance of motivation since we started dancing. So, we all know that it’s important. But do you really know what motivation is? Why is …
We dare say that every artist or athlete out there has had to deal with performance anxiety at some point in their career. That dreadful feeling like you’ll surely mess up, sweaty palms, sometimes even nausea. What if you’re horrible? What if you fall? And what if you’ll never make it? We’ve all been there …
Flexibility is one of the fundamental abilities of dancers- body actions, lines, jumps and stretches we do in our choreographies only work if we can actually use our bodies without stiffness and limits. Some people are born more flexible than others and natural predisposition helps, but there’s no reason why anyone couldn’t improve- after all, …
New year, new goals! We have a blog post all about goal-setting coming up later this month, but today we’re looking into another important aspect that will help you improve your dancing- our TOP 3 DANCE PRACTICE ESSENTIALS! We won’t go into the obvious like dance shoes but rather talk about some stuff that maybe …
Everyone knows that squats are great for dancers, right? Right, but still very few dancers actually use these exercises and there are still many misconceptions surrounding squats and what squatting will do to your body. Ballroom Dancesport requires a wide range of rising/lowering actions that can benefit from squatting exercises- strong leg muscles and movement …
Running? No no no, I can’t run, I’m a dancer- I’ll get bulky leg muscles. Also, running is nothing like dancing, so it’ll mess up my technique and balance… How many coaches out there have heard this? Every single time when I tell my students that running is very important for dancers I get the …
We all know how important great posture and balance are for dancers, but not everyone is necessarily aware of the role of proprioception (kinesthesia) training in achieving these qualities. Before we dive into how we should start working on improving our proprioception, let’s quickly examine what it actually is. We won’t go into too much …
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