The Training Turnout program was initially designed as a 10 week training program for Full Time dance students aged 15 and over. When students start Full Time Training many of them develop hip pain within the first 6 months as they are challenging the hips far more intensely than in the past, and often lack the subtlety, awareness, range and control needed to cope with a full time workload. The program covers core control and postural issues that contribute to hip injuries, as well as ways of assessing individual students hips to determine where their particular restrictions are. This then leads to specific release techniques for each type of restriction to enable more range of motion in the hips. Once range is established, the dancer is guided through the various different ranges that turnout needs to be developed in. I.e, standing leg turnout, turnout en fondu, turnout in retire, and ultimately, turnout control with adage work / en l’air. This allows the student to build the required strength and control over time. The program may be used in some talented younger students, but they will take much longer to progress through the program than 10 weeks.

Core Stability for Dancers explores the concept of true core stability. Many dancers train the Outer Unit of the core too quickly, and do not spend enough time training, or retraining the deepest stabilising muscles. This is especially important for anyone who experiences (or has experienced in the past) back pain, abdominal pain, abdominal surgery or pregnancy. All of these things can reduce the effectiveness of the deep stabilising muscles and must be retrained before a full dancing load can be achieved safely. Good control of the deep Inner Unit often improves stability, height of the leg en l’air and turns, as these all depend on good core control. The program also works of the Anterior Oblique, Posterior Oblique and Lateral Sling systems which can make a huge difference to overall stability in many dance movements.

The Dance Conditioning One and Dance Conditioning Two programs are more summary programs covering all areas. Level One is for younger dancers, and is similar to The Perfect Pointe Book, but is less ballet focused and so is more approachable for Jazz dancers and male students. Dance Conditioning Level Two was designed for my older students who were well versed in the previous programs, to take with them when they moved overseas, to help remind them of all of their previous exercises, and how to combine them into a good conditioning program. These books also provide a great base for teachers wanting to put together a safe conditioning class for their students.