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
Chamonix Bas – Healthy Dancer Feature
Healthy Dancer Summer Feature Chamonix Bas Where do you dance? Share a bit about your journey in dance. My journey in dance has been somewhat unconventional. I grew up doing competitive swimming, but unfortunately I quit when I was
Lauren Fadeley – Healthy Dancer Feature
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
Alston McGill – Healthy Dancer Feature
Healthy Dancer Summer Features Alston McGill Where do you dance? Share a bit about your journey in dance. I am currently a corps de ballet member with New York City Ballet. I began dancing at age three in Savannah, Georgia.
NYC Ballet Dancer Deanna McBrearty Shares Dance Career Lessons
Interview with former New York City Ballet Dancer Deanna McBrearty As a native New Yorker, I was spoiled in my younger years. I had access to performances by some of the greatest dance companies and performers in the world. New
Change your approach to dancer health.
Guest post by Annett Bone “I know you’ve lost weight, but I need you to lose more.” Took me a minute to process this statement. Wait a minute, what? As these words sank in, I thought, “I’ve been working so
Always Margi – from Ballet to Anorexia and Back Again
When I was young, I was a free spirit, known by the nicknames “tigger” (the bouncy, excitable character from Winnie the Pooh) or “la salvage” which means “the wild one” in Italian… I think there was a theme going out
Allison Ansinn
Allison’s Story The path… My mom was a professional ballet dancer and I started dancing at her ballet school when I was really young. When I was 13, I began training at the Rock School for Dance Education as a
Make Banana Bread Balls with TippyToeGirl
Natasha Sheehan, dancer with San Francisco Ballet, has created a beautiful online presence that demonstrates just how healthy and balanced professional ballerina’s can be. Her outlook is informed and lovely and worth emulating. She spent a lot of time learning
Being “Whole” in the Corps of a BIG company…
“Whole Dancer” Feature : New York City Ballet Corps Dancer Jackie Bologna Hi dancers! My name is Jackie Bologna and I am beyond excited to write a post for a platform as special as the Whole Dancer. It is so