What’s missing from your dance career? Probably health insurance.
It may be time to reconsider your current insurance (or lack of insurance), and learn what you need to know to get covered.
If you choose a life of professional dance, it might worry you that many dancers retire in their late thirties.
So how do some dancers keep performing into their fifties and beyond? Good question: and now is the time to ask it.
Here’s a small sampling of the great dance events going on this week. If you’re in the right place at the right time, you should check these out.
“Becoming Through Dance” is sociologist Helene Lawson’s study that asks, “why do adults begin taking dance?” Lawson herself began dance as an adult beginner, and she wanted to know why. Through this study, she tries to answer that question.
Click on the title of this post to read an interesting look at the benefits of dance for adult beginners.
Although the world is focused right now on the 2008 Olympic Games in China, the dancers of the National Ballet of China (NBC), although less known than some Olympic athletes, are also performing feats of physical and artistic strength.
On August 20, you won’t have to travel to see an amazing show. Cirque du Soleil will present “DELIRIUM”, the film, in select movie theaters across the United States and Canada for a special limited engagement, running August 20, 21, 23, and 24.
“DELIRIUM,” part of Cirque du Soleil’s repertoire since 2006, combines dance, music, and circus arts in a vibrant piece of imaginative visual art. Sony Pictures Releasing’s The Hot Ticket now brings “DELIRIUM,” the film, in High Definition, to theaters across North America.
The benefits of seeing “DELIRIUM” in theaters: you don’t have to travel, and you don’t have to pay the high ticket price of a live show.
Click on the title of this post to see “DELIRIUM.”
Dance lets us communicate across social, economic, and language barriers. And at the Edinburgh Zoo in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, the dancers from Janis Claxton Dance are proving that movement communication can also connect humans with other species.
Click on the title of this post to read more about “Enclosure 44 - Humans.”
Though ballet isn’t an Olympic sport, there are several Olympic events that ballet dancers can naturally appreciate for the skill, strength, and even artistry of the athletes.
One of these events is the sport that was originally known as “water ballet.”
Even if you aren’t into some of the more popular dance shows like “So You Think You Can Dance,” or “Dancing With the Stars,” or “Step It Up and Dance,” you may find something you like on the new broadband television channel TenduTV. And you will find it on-demand, fee-free, day or night.
Studies have shown that ballet is a great cross-training activity for athletes.
But, studies have also shown that ballet is very tough, and ballet dancers experience many injuries.
In this post, we talk about how ballet dancers can cross train to improve strength and prevent injury.
We also talk about the benefits of ballet as a method of cross training for other athletes. Click on the title of this post to read!
You’ve probably noticed “Bollywood” dance featured on television dance competitions. And, Indian dance choreography appears more frequently in the concert and video performances of Western artists. Now, Bollywood dance classes are popping up in studios throughout Europe and the US.
Some people reference any form of Indian dance as “Bollywood.”
But, do you know what “Bollywood” actually is, and where it came from?
Click on the title of this post to read the rest…
Does dancing make you feel happier? Can it beat depression?
If you’re a trained dancer, you probably get an emotional boost from dancing. If you’re feeling sad or depressed, dance class or rehearsal might be your escape. This effect comes, partly, because you’re practicing something you love, something that you do well.
But, can dance help non-dancers beat depression? This question is being answered through several experiments, one scientific and the other not so formal.
Click on the title of this post to read more.
Even if you haven’t trained in ballet, modern dance, jazz, or tap, watching performances in all of these styles has probably helped you understand them. But liturgical dance is one style that is relatively unknown to people who don’t practice it.
Click on the title of this post to learn about liturgical dance, an art that is becoming more popular around the world.
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Even if you don’t usually follow “So You Think You Can Dance”, you’ll want to watch on Wednesday, July 16 to see choreography by Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson, artistic directors of Complexions Contemporary Ballet.
Can you learn ballet through the Internet?
Some do-it-yourself dancers are skipping lessons and turning to YouTube for ballet instruction. Judging from many videos, from both students and demonstrators, maybe the risks of such lessons should be made clear.
Click on the title of this post to read our entire article on the risks of YouTube ballet lessons.
An online search for “adult beginner ballet classes” offers over 648,000 results. Ballet discussion forums house numerous posts with questions from adults who want to begin taking classes. And whether you join to improve your overall fitness or to satisfy your unfulfilled childhood dream of becoming a dancer, it’s never too late to begin ballet.
Even if you’ve never owned a pair of ballet slippers, you can find a studio and start taking classes. The tips in this post will help you begin successful ballet training. Click on the title of this post to read our entire article.
