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Lucy Mangion on Finding Balance: Australia to NYC
Tell us a bit about your dance background growing up and share what made you stick with dancing. Ever since I could talk, whenever anyone asked what I wanted to be when I grew up, I told them I...
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Optimal Nutrition for Summer Intensives
To ensure you’re dancing at your highest possible level during an intensive, create and maintain optimal nutrition. By prioritizing adequate and supportive fuel, you’ll dance with more energy, focus,...
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Exploring HUETAPE with Founder Tamisha A. Guy
Tamisha, tell us a little bit about your dance history and background. Originally hailing from Trinidad and Tobago, I began my formal journey at Ballet Tech, where I received training under the...
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How to Be a Successful Dancer
First, let’s get into what “successful” in dance even means. The good news is that it’s totally unique to you and you get to decide what it means. Your definition of success in dance may also change...
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Dancers: Be Intentional about Food Choices without Obsessing
In order to dance at a high level, you need to fuel yourself strategically. There’s lots of value in making thoughtful, sports-nutrition-focused food choices. However, for perfectionistic, type-A...
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Dancer: Is Nutrition Support Actually What You Need?
First, I’ll say that there absolutely are plenty of situations where a dancer would be in need of nutrition support, education, and information. Any time a dancer is working through a diagnosed eating...
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BalletX: Prioritizing Dancer Wellness
Whenever I come across a company that’s making real changes to prioritize dancer wellness, I want to celebrate and share it. This BalletX feature is particularly exciting to bring to you all because...
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Dancers and Sugar: Some Key Considerations
Can Dancers Have Their Cake and Eat It? Every time I present something on food or eating plans, there are questions around sweets and foods you might categorize as “treats.” Most of us enjoy sugar and...
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Ballet Help Desk: Part I
Ballet Help Desk and its founders Brett and Jenny provide dancers and dance parents with invaluable insights into the world of high-level ballet training. A world that’s often left a mystery, behind a...
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Ballet Help Desk Part II: Looking Forward
If you haven’t read Part I of Brett and Jenny’s interview, check it out here. Tell us about some trials and triumphs of being a dance parent. Brett: There are big and small trials and triumphs every...
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