Dance Stretches to Improve Flexibility and Prevent Injuries
Hillary White November 9, 2023
Learn the best stretches for dancers and improve your performance with Nan’s School of Dance!
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Dance and Body Positivity: Celebrating All Body Types on the Dance Floor
Hillary White October 10, 2023
Explore the empowering connection between dance and body positivity. Discover how dance transcends body stereotypes and embraces the beauty of all shapes and sizes. Join the movement that celebrates individuality on the dance floor!
How to Incorporate Nutrition Into Your Dance Routine
Hillary White August 12, 2023
Incorporating proper nutrition into your dance routine is essential for optimal performance and overall health. Proper nutrition can help keep you energized and help you avoid injuries. Read this article to learn how to incorporate nutrition into your dance routine.
Dance advice: Why am I cramping?
Hillary White July 13, 2023
Dance is a physical activity that requires strength, endurance, and flexibility. Many dancers can experience cramps during dance. This can be painful and frustrating. Read this article to learn more about cramping and how to prevent cramps and treat them.
How Rest Plays a Part In Dance
Hillary White April 10, 2023
Dance is an art form that requires immense physical and mental effort. The sheer amount of time and energy that dancers put into perfecting their craft can leave them feeling exhausted and drained. At Nan’s School of Dance we understand the importance of rest and why it is an essential component to any dancer’s routine.
Keep Dancing Better for Longer
Hillary White January 24, 2023
How To Dance Well Into Your Future For those that love dance, they can’t imagine their life without it. Once a dancer, always a dancer, is the motto at Nan’s School of Dance. Many of us imagine being able to dance with our grandchildren and share our love for dance with them. In order for
The Importance of Taking Care of Your Feet in Dance
Hillary White December 6, 2022
5 Tips To Try This Winter At Nan’s School of Dance, we believe that taking care of your body should be a top priority…from head to toe! A dancer’s feet can be one of the most troublesome areas because dancers use different foot muscles in order to execute complicated moves and improve their balance. To
Five Best Stretches for Dancers
Hillary White October 11, 2022
A Step by Step Guide At Nan’s School of Dance, we believe that stretching is an essential part of dance. Stretching keeps the dancer’s muscles flexible, strong, and healthy. We need that flexibility to maintain a range of motion for our joints. Without it, the muscles will become tight, and that’s when injuries can occur.
How To Improve Your Posture In Dance
Hillary White September 6, 2022
5 Things To Try At Each Dance Lesson Did you know that approximately 40 % of children have poor posture? This could be because of carrying heavy backpacks or spending too much time hunched over looking at a phone or tablet. Whatever the reason, children’s posture is suffering and for children that dance, this could
Why Is Core Strength Important for Dancers?
Hillary White August 9, 2022
5 Exercises That Can Help Strengthen Your Core Dancing is an intense physical activity that involves the use of the entire body – arms, legs, feet, shoulders, hips. A dancer is using all of these parts of the body to execute various movements going from one to the next. At the center of all these
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