Newsletter
Sign up for the Dancing Smart Newsletter for tips and strategies to improve technique results – no matter the style of dance!
Classes started… and I’m sore!
Dancers LOVE to stretch… it feels good… we need flexible and strong bodies… and everybody thinks of stretching in terms of muscles. Most know that each muscle is wrapped in fascia, which is also called connective tissue. Did you know that each muscle bundle and each muscle fiber is also enveloped by fascia? Yup! That’s […]
Muscle Memory… What is it?
The path of movement is well established. A message is sent from the brain through the nervous system to the muscles to create movement. The more you practice a movement, the easier (and hopefully more skilled) you become at doing the movement because you have carved a neurological pattern in the brain. The muscles also […]
Pigeon Toed
Hello, my five year old daughter is pigeon toed. Do you have any suggestions to help her correct this as a dancer? I know there is a chance that she may grow out of this and she also may not. Thank you so much! Great question as many young children are pigeon toed. You see […]
Shoulders Down or Back?
I love your newsletter and I was reading your explanation on how to stretch and exercise to keep your shoulder blades flat. I’m a 17 year old dancer and I’ve been told both to keep my shoulders down and my shoulders back. Now my question is what is the difference? And if these to things […]
Ask Deb
Send in your questions about anatomy, technique, and those “I wonder what it means when…” questions! The look for the answer in an upcoming newsletter!
