In the captivating world of dance, our journey towards mastery often mirrors the great feats of aviation pioneers. Picture yourself in the shoes of Santos-Dumont or the Wright brothers, facing the monumental challenge of crafting vessels “lighter than air” capable of soaring amidst the clouds. Their breakthroughs revolutionised human flight, shaping the way we traverse […]

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For this edition’s Beyond Stretching column, Zac Jones, founder of Heal Yourself and Move, joins Dance Informa to delve into the nuanced realm of ‘sustainable flexibility development.’ Whether you find yourself in the role of a student or a teacher, integrating this concept into your daily training regimen in 2024 will help you cultivate new […]

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Welcome to this issue’s Beyond Stretching column with Zac Jones from Heal Yourself and Move! In part two, we will be sharing strategies to help dancers safely maintain their range of motion and extensions over the Christmas break.  Dancers often encounter challenges in maintaining peak physical condition during holiday breaks, where the notion of rest may inadvertently lead […]

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Over the next six issues, Dance Informa will be collaborating with Zac Jones, director of Heal Yourself and Move, on a series that explores flexibility. Throughout these upcoming editions, we gain insight into how to maintain and master flexibility throughout different seasons of study, training, performance and teaching.  Graduate of The Australian Ballet School, Jones is a […]

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You can take the person out of the dance class, but can you take the dance class out of the person? Even after we leave the studio and the structure of a dance class, I think we can all agree that there are habits and ways of operating that we take with us wherever we […]

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We are all different. Our anatomy, our goals and our dance styles vary. So is there really a golden list of stretches you absolutely should not do? No, not really. But are there some really smart rules to follow to help you avoid ineffective and injurious stretching practices? You betcha! Here is one such list […]

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Most dance forms look for “line”, that curvilinear continuity through the body that can be so aesthetically pleasing to the viewer and create the illusion of great length from fingertips to toes. One particular line that is difficult to train for but still desired is that of the foot and what makes up our “pointe”. […]

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Sometimes you may find yourself wondering why you’re not as flexible as your friends, or why you’re flexible in different ways. Everybody has his/her own personal potential for flexibility, which means just copying how other people stretch might not only be ineffective it could also be unsafe. Here are a couple of things to know […]

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BEST OF 2013: A favourite article from the February Edition By Rain Francis of Dance Informa. Do you stretch extensively before class? Do you often sit in a stretch for a few minutes or more? Do you stretch every single day? As dancers, most of us would probably answer “yes” to at least one of […]

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By Rain Francis. Do you stretch extensively before class? Do you often sit in a stretch for a few minutes or more? Do you stretch every single day? As dancers, most of us would probably answer “yes” to at least one of the above questions – which would mean that we might have been practicing […]

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