Aug 30, 2023
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Dancers focus on cross-training as part of their overall ballet training regimen. But, often, they forget how much mental cross-training they need to do to maintain their emotional health. Elizabeth Sullivan, a ballet wellness coach,...
Aug 23, 2023
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Ballet Help Desk had the pleasure of talking with Samantha Daly, a Gyrotonic and GYROKINESIS®️ teacher based in the Bay Area. Better known as Spiraling Sam, she works with professional dancers, dance students and non-dancers...
Aug 16, 2023
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This week, Ballet Help Desk chats with Sue McCarroll, the lead Pilates instructor for The Rock School For Dance Education. She provides advice on how Pilates can fit into a dancer's training regimen. Sue discusses not only how the...
Aug 9, 2023
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Cross-training. What does it mean, should my dancer be doing it and how soon should they start? Tune in to hear advice from Aki Kawasaki, Head Strength Coach at Houston Ballet and Houston Ballet Academy. Aki provides advice not only on...
Aug 1, 2023
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This week, the Ballet Help Desk answers questions about how we, as dance parents, would have done things differently had we known then what we know now. We also dig into questions about the age dancers start full-time training, how to...