by Rachel Fine, MS, RD, CDN, CEDS | Jan 24, 2024 | Health & Body, Nutrition, Pointe+, Summer Study
Nerves and anxiety run high on audition days. Add a hectic commute or a long day of multiple audition classes, and eating can take a backseat to other priorities. For many dancers, the stress of auditions also comes alongside pressures to achieve specific body goals....
by Meghan Keeney | Dec 23, 2020 | Health & Body, Training, Wellness
I graduated from college in May with my dance degree. After taking ballet and other dance classes every day for the past four years, I was unsure how to manage my training on my own during a pandemic. Sometimes the last thing I want to do is take a virtual ballet...
by Cory Stieg For Dance Magazine | Jul 16, 2020 | Health & Body, The Latest, Wellness
From oversized mouse heads in The Nutcracker to Jabbawockeez masks, most dancers have experience performing with restrictive costumes or headpieces. But as we transition from taking class at home during the COVID-19 pandemic to sharing a studio with others, masks...
by Dance Spirit | Jul 8, 2020 | Company Life, Training, Wellness
By Helen Rolfe There’s a new must-have accessory for the dancers who’ve begun to venture back into the studio. Face masks are essential to protect your teachers and fellow dancers (not to mention their families) from coronavirus. But they definitely make...
by Kathleen Mcguire For Dance Spirit | Apr 5, 2020 | Training, Wellness
Grace Campbell was supposed to be onstage this week. Selected for the Kansas City Ballet School’s invitation-only Kansas City Youth Ballet, her performance was meant to be the highlight of her senior year. “I was going to be Queen of the Dryads in Don...
by Madeline Schrock | Sep 27, 2017 | Health & Body, Technique
The next time your teacher makes the class repeat a petit allégro combination endlessly, don’t groan. Aside from improving your footwork and ballon, you may notice that you eat healthier after class. James B Whiteside on Instagram: “ENTRECHAT SIX 🚀 📸...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre corps member Gabrielle Thurlow never realized that simply going to the doctor could improve her technique. But after taking part in the new Dance/USA post-hire health screening hosted by PBT, “I found out I had weak lower abs and a...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
In ballet, there’s no such thing as perfection—especially when it comes to bodies. In our April/May issues we spoke to top dancers and directors about how shape and size affect their casting in Too Fat? Too Thin? Too Tall? Tall Short? “So You...