Core strength vs Core stability Everyone is talking about the importance of “core”. It is a hot topic both in and out of the dance

The trouble with hamstrings… It’s the age old story… you have worked hard on your stretching, you feel that you are finally getting somewhere, when

“A picture is worth a thousand words.” Images are powerful. We see them everywhere – on T.V. advertising, in magazines, on the sides of buses,

Hip injuries account up to 17% of musculoskeletal dance injuries (Trentacosta et al. 2017), second only to foot and ankle injuries. The majority of hip

Tip from Simone Goldsmith The more work you put in before the big day, whether it be an exam or a performance, the more confident

By Josef Brown Working smarter, not harder I responded recently to a post on a teachers Facebook page that had suggested that every dancer needs

Tip from Simone Goldsmith Feeling anxious of nervous before a performance is absolutely normal, it is just the adrenalin running through your body in excitement

Lesson One: Hyperextended knees& how to control them. Here’s the deal: the term ‘flexibility’ refers to muscles while the term ‘hypermobility’ refers to ligaments.  Muscles and ligaments are two distinct

Training the foot muscles is as important as developing the muscles in the rest of a dancer’s body. Well-developed feet are important for all dancers,

Tip from Simone Goldsmith Auditions are a very important part of a dancers’ life, at an audition dancers need to show versatility, technical skill and