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Does It Hurt?
While pointe work is not exactly like wearing slippers, it should not be painful for the beginner. There are a few reasons why dancers...
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Cardiovascular Training For Dancers
Many teachers and students struggle to find an appropriate cardiovascular training regime to complement their dance training...
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Treatment for Plantar Fasciitis in Dancers
Many dancers complain of arch pain at some point, but for others it can be a constant source of pain and limitation...
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How To Improve Your Turnout Range!
I get so many questions on how to improve dancers’ turnout, that I thought that a post on the topic was well overdue...
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Unfortunately, injuries are often considered a part of life for the contemporary dancer, but this doesn’t necessarily have to be the case. We all know that the cold hard facts of injury for a dancer can range from a short period of time off for recovery, long periods of rehabilitation, demotion within a company, loss of a contract altogether, or worse still, the end of a career.

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Why Wont My Knees Fully Straighten?!

After posting the article on how to work with Sway Backknees earlier in the week, we have had a flood of emails asking about what todo in the opposite case! Lots of people have trouble fully straightening theirknees and there are some pretty unsafe practices out there... so I havewritten an article explaining everything to do, and what not to do!

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