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Classic Pilates: down to the mat

Dancers tend to be flexible, often to their detriment: looseness can make movement harder to control. Weight training tends to focus on one muscle...
Dance Magazine, 04/01/06 by Suzanne Martin · More from publication
Tips to avoid a compression injury

The human body is wondrously made. Still, repeated stress and sustained pressure will take a toll. Dancers are often susceptible to compression...
Dance Magazine, 02/01/06 by Suzanne Martin · More from publication
Energy or candy? The bar facts

One morning recently I ran into Smuin Ballet member Erin Yarborough digging through her dance bag before class. She pulled out an energy bar, took...
Dance Magazine, 12/01/05 by Suzanne Martin · More from publication
Muscling in: upper bodywork

Do your arms fly out when your partner lifts you? Do your shoulders rise up to your ears? Do they ache often? These are all signs of upper body...
Dance Magazine, 10/01/05 by Suzanne Martin · More from publication
Don't stress out

Many dancers (and athletes) discover that sustained, intense physical activity can halt a woman's monthly cycle. While this may strike a busy...
Dance Magazine, 08/01/05 by Suzanne Martin · More from publication
What's that cracking sound!?!

Clicks, grinds, pops. They speak volumes about what's happening in your body. When your joints crack, how can you tell the good sounds from the...
Dance Magazine, 06/01/05 by Suzanne Martin · More from publication

Health and Fitness: stretching it: what's your limit?

RECENTLY a professional dancer in his 20s called for advice on his back pain. When I saw him, it became clear the problem wasn't his back. He...
Dance Magazine, 04/01/05 by Suzanne Martin · More from publication
Energy drinks: extreme move?

A YOUNG professional dancer approached me recently. She had used an energy drink to get through a demanding performance, and felt she had done...
Dance Magazine, 02/01/05 by Suzanne Martin · More from publication
Shooting from the hip

DON'T THINK a hip replacement is in your future? Take this simple dance test: Do a battlement with one leg, then the other. Which did you kick...
Dance Magazine, 12/01/04 by Suzanne Martin · More from publication
When low carbs can cost you

PROFESSIONAL DANCERS HAVE TO worry about looks just as much as models. It's hard to look lean and fit under the not-so-forgiving lights and stay...
Dance Magazine, 10/01/04 by Suzanne Martin · More from publication