This year’s Vitality Dance Teacher Conference from Energetiks VDF is really homing in on the important subjects for dance educators and studio owners. We take a dive into their schedule for the event this coming Friday 12 April in Melbourne to find out what’s on offer to educate, illuminate and inspire… How do I make […]

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Injury Prevention and Management for Dancers is a new publication from Crowood Press. It integrates new science and research about physiology in dance. It is designed for healthcare practitioners and conditioning experts, to give them an overview of the specific issues and treatments in dance medicine, but it is suitable for the dance teacher, student […]

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History and science museums are full of them. Graveyards and memorial grounds are packed with them. Archaeologists study those that have lasted millennia. Bones seem as tough and indelible as stone! And, while our bones are really hard and give our bodies support and protection, they are made up of living cells that continually build […]

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Ankle sprains are such a common dance injury. Let’s look at what a strain is, how we can prevent a strain and what we should do to recover. By Leigh Schanfein of Dance Informa. The human body contains more than 200 bones.  To keep us from wobbling around like disjointed puppets, bones are held together […]

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