photo credit: Dr. Nabil Ebraheim by Janine Bryant for The Dance Journal Hello, Readers! After a 6-month hiatus whilst organizing a move to the UK for a new teaching post, Bryant’s Dance Medicine and Science […]
by Janine Bryant for the Dance Journal In this next installment, we will connect the idea of aging well and dance career longevity to current studio practices. The idea that, what we do now in […]
By Janine Bryant for The Dance Journal Dancers are obedient, generous and driven people! The determination and focus required to succeed is parallel to that required of elite athletes. However, the added pressure of meeting […]
by Janine Bryant for The Dance Journal Classical ballet dancers work in a community permeated by a culture of ‘youthful aging’. In the social world of ballet, as in many athletic sports, a thirty-year old […]
photo credit: feedthebeauty.com By Janine Bryant for The Dance Journal The dancer-athlete is susceptible to the same wear and tear on the body as an athlete who participates in competition sport. Dancers, like athletes, […]
by Janine Bryant for The Dance Journal Movement artists and athletes alike report entering a place in their minds, sometimes referred to as ‘the zone’, during creative or sport performance. This mysterious place is different […]
photo: easyflexibility.com by Janine Bryant for The Dance Journal All dancers know that skeletal alignment or, more accurately, making the desired shape, is a highly sought after skill toward which every dancer works in their technique […]
by Janine Bryant for The Dance Journal Perhaps one of the most challenging tasks faced by dancers everywhere is to truly understand one’s individual pelvic alignment tendencies. Is my pelvis too far forward (anterior tilt), […]
photo credit: fitonlinenow.com by Janine Bryant for The Dance Journal It’s performance season. You are in heavy rehearsals, possibly taking extra classes or supplementing your daily routine with extra work for a specific role, and […]
by Janine Bryant for The Dance Journal Dancers are a hearty breed! They endure both physical and psychological demands as a result of years of intense training, performance pressure and anatomical wear and tear largely dependent on the specific requirements […]
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