Posts tagged breathing

Strength Training: A Maintenance Plan for Dancers

This is probably the execise I’ve assigned as homework to the most dancers over time. You know that front side “pinching” feeling women often get trying to execute a beautiful développé? Often times that pinching sensation arises because the femur is sitting forward in the hip socket. This drill is intended to directly address that. Again, think of this as a “healthy hip” movement that can lead to greater expressiveness as well.

Jason HarrisonDecember 14, 2021Present Tense Fitnesship extension, hip external rotation, shoulder health, hip health, développé, breathing, positional breathingComment

Positional Breathing for Dancers

Sure, a shoulder is going to be under stress during an overhead lift, and the same can be true for backs. But why should such movements lead to injury?

The answer? Poor relational positioning between the ribcage and the pelvis. If a dancer is lifting his partner overhead but allowing his ribcage to flare and his pelvis to dump into an anterior tilt, then chances are he neither has the shoulder stability nor the lower back stability to execute the lift safely.

Jason HarrisonMarch 23, 2021Present Tense Fitnesspositional breathing, spinal extension, male dancer, male partner, male ballet, spine, partnering, breathingComment