Healthy at Home with Olivia Mackinnon New York City Ballet Dancer and Ballet Inspired Fitness creator Olivia Mackinnon shares how she is staying healthy at home during quarantine. Balance is key as well as recognizing that staying in performance shape
What’s your Cross-Training Plan? Cross–training may or may not be a missing link for you as a dancer. It’s possible you’ve got your cross–training plan all figured out, but if you don’t, no worries, most dancers are a bit lost
Healthy Dancer Summer Feature Lauren Fadeley Where do you dance? Principal Soloist with Miami City Ballet Share a bit about your journey in dance… MCB is the third company I’ve danced with. Originally from Orlando, FL, I moved to NYC
Guest post by Annelise Bryan Author of The New Rules of Cross Training for Dancers Writing “The New Rules of Cross Training for Dancers” was a project that was very close to my heart. When I was dancing in college,
Should you Sleep? Or, hit the gym? This question comes up a lot. Am I going to get something from heading to the gym and pushing my body even if I’m exhausted? You’re super active, taking class and rehearsing every
Finding a Personal Trainer to Improve your Dancing As a dancer you have very specific needs and goals from a physical and training standpoint. It’s becoming much more popular to seek out a trainer to help you with cross –
Yoga as Cross Training for Dancers with Louisville Ballet Dancer/Yogi Leigh Anne Albrechta Yoga is associated with flexibility much more so than strength. Therefore, it’s easy for dancers to write it off as something they could too easily master
I’m so thrilled to share this guest post from Tanya of Bulletproof Ballerina. She’s my go to gal for all things strength and cross – training for dancers. You can check her out here and check out some recent podcasts
The world of cross – training and fitness is vast. One of the fastest growing areas is that of the “barre” class. As a serious dancer, many of the options out there are silly to me. Most of them claim