Posts tagged dance
Live Better With Ballet

Many years of top level professional ballet experience gives me a very good understanding that ballet enhances body, mind and spirit, but science seems to finally be taking notice. A recent crop of articles reveal the myriad of benefits doing ballet holds for people of all ages and abilities. 

Here’s a look at a variety of ballet-related findings and op-eds. 

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Why Ballet Helps You Become More Empathetic

In a recent study, ballet dancers and people with no dance experience were compared by measuring their emotional sensitivity when viewing others.

The participants were monitored by putting electrodes on the tips of their fingers and measuring the sweat response triggered by an emotional reaction.

The dancers were able to read emotions better and their body reacted in a stronger way than the ones in the control group.

Here is an explanation why ballet helps you develop more empathetical understanding of others.

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5 Perfect Reasons Why Everyone Should Take Ballet

We’ve all heard that ballet is the foundation of all dance, that if you want to get nicer lines, posture, fitness, slimmer physique or body alignment, you should be in ballet class. But there are other reasons, too, why everyone should take ballet. Here are to mention just a few.

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Why Ballet is The Best Exercise for You

So many people feel intimidated about trying real ballet despite its wonderful fitness benefits. Here’s what you need to know to let your inner-ballerina shine!

Myth: Ballet is only for people with a natural dancer’s physique.

Truth: You don’t have to be thin, leggy, flexible, or coordinated to do ballet.

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Ballet Terms & Glossary For Beginners

Many people wonder how can you learn ballet as an adult? Ballet, unlike any other fitness class has very precise structure which helps you to learn the techniques and practice it as an exercise at any age. For beginners we have selected some basic names and terms to give you a bit on an insight, as well as to make you feel more comfortable at your first lesson:

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Effective techniques to achieve your exercise goals

We all have expectations when it comes to exercising, achieving goals, learning dance steps, ballet technique or simply losing weight. To maintain what you’ve accomplished, become healthier, fitter, and leaner, stronger – is what drives us to do and take action on our goals. How can you make sure you are successful, whether at the ballet studio, exercising at home, gym, outside, traveling or at home? To begin the process, to make sure you are successful in achieving your best body shape – you must have some effective process in place.

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The Benefits of Ballet Lessons for Adults

Today we can witness how more and more adults all over the world are taking ballet lessons. What's attracting them to the dance studio? Apparently, ballet brings with it tremendous benefits in terms of health, fitness and emotional well-being.

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3 Essential reasons to improve posture

There are so many good reasons to improve your posture. But did you know that better posture might actually help you lose weight? Improved posture alone doesn't cause weight loss, but it can affect the factors that make weight loss harder or easier. If you practice good posture for three to five minutes each day, you'll soon find yourself checking your posture and making natural corrections throughout the day.

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How Much Exercise to Lose Weight?

It’s well known that exercise is vital if you’re looking to lose some weight. But sometimes if you do too much of exercise you might end up overeating as a result. Or, you don't work out enough and then you don't see any results on the scale. So how much exercise to lose weight is really needed?

Researchers and medical experts provide weight loss exercise recommendations per day and per week, not only for slimming down but also to prevent weight regain.

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The Best Stress Relief

For most of us stress is a regular part of the day. Some statistics suggest that up to 77 percent of us feel the physical effects of stress on a regular basis in the form of headaches, insomnia, anxiety, weight gain, muscle aches and pains, crankiness, and difficulty focusing. Learning how to deal with it in a healthy way can actually help get rid of some of the worst symptoms.

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The Story Of The Nutcracker

With all upcoming Nutcracker ballet workshops as well as long waited holiday season, we’d like to take a closer look at the history of this magical ballet beloved around the world. For many people, attending a performance of "The Nutcracker" is a holiday tradition and an introduction to the world of classical ballet and music.

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Why is ballet a great workout – Free 7 days exercise program

Ballet can help you burn a tremendous amount of calories and subsequently lose weight. Ballet involves total-body rhythmic movements that elevate your heart rate, breathing rate, circulation, and muscular activity. In fact, ballet elevates your metabolism 3-6 times above your resting metabolism. In other words, you’ll burn 3-6 times more calories when you’re dancing versus resting.

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10 Reasons How Your Life Improves With Ballet

Many think that ballet is a beautiful fairy tail and reserved only for the little girls or for the physically gifted ones. However, if you look a little deeper you will realise that ballet is an amazing technique, exercise of it’s highest forms, offering the biggest potential for your body as well as for your mind development. The overall wellbeing.

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