Hello all and welcome to February!
This month on 4dancers, the focus is on health/wellness and injury. We are pleased to welcome back Jan Dunn, MS who will be posting on Dance Wellness, and Dr. Sinkoe, who will be sharing information about warts on the feet and toenail problems.
Emily Harrison, MS, RD, LD will provide a great healthy recipe you can make and offer up a post about hydration for dancers, and dancer Emily Kate Long will start her new column on “Finding Balance”…but that’s not all.
We’ll hear a bit about Dance UK and what they have done to support health in dance professionals, and learn more about the field of dance therapy from a practitioner in the field. In addition, we will take a look at a wonderful organization that does dance therapy programming for children and young adults with cancer.
You can also count on the usual mix of interviews and informational posts that you’ve come to expect from 4dancers. This is all part of our “monthly themes”–which we thought would be a fun way to present content to our readers. Next month…Adult Ballet!
Let us know what you think of our new format by leaving a quick comment below–and thanks for reading.
Catherine
Thank you for the valuable information the Ms Dunn provides. Without proper technique, fitness and nutrition, a dancer’s wellness would certainly be at risk. I particularly appreciate the information Ms. Dunn writes regarding Sprung Floors as It is what I produce. The importance of sprung, rehearsal and performance surfaces can never be understated as part of an environment supportive of a dancer. The freedom and expression that dancers exhibit in their art are certainly enhanced by the surety they feel from surfaces that perform with them.
Thanks Stephen! When I was in my early student years I danced on many floors that were, let’s just say “not good for the joints”. 🙂 It’s great that technology is evolving!