What better day to work on improving your “split leaps” than Leap Day? Here are 10 tips to help dancers soar every day of the year.
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Multiple Pirouettes – Slow Motion Reveals A Favorite “Cheat”
Want to know the secret “cheat” all the greats use to perform multiple pirouettes? Nathan Prevost shares this and more great tips in his first guest post at Dance Advantage.
Ready, Set, Stop: How To Teach Mind-Body Skills By Not Moving
To illustrate this, I ask my students to become aware of how their body feels as it works against gravity. I ask them to put their hands above their heads and then to be still. I remind them, “you are in charge of your body,” “your brain tells your body what to do,” and then we wait.