The Importance of Vitamin D for Dancers
Author: Derrick D. Brown on behalf of the IADMS Dance Educators’ Committee
Vitamin D has received a great deal of attention in the last 5 years both in popular media and in dance medicine and science research, and with good reason. While much emphasis is placed on its role in bone health, a key question revealed from the research is whether it also can provide other benefits for pre- and professional dancers. The purpose of the post is to highlight some of the research done on dancers and discuss why it might be important to keep an eye on your Vitamin D levels.
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Are You Warm Enough to Start Dancing?
Authors: Brenton Surgenor and Andrea Kozai on behalf of the IADMS Dance Educators’ Committee
Warming up is essential before taking part in any type of dance activity, but it’s not always clear how to warm up effectively. This blog post sets out the what, why and some of the how-to’s of an effective dance-specific warm-up. This prefaces our new, upcoming Resource Paper on effective warm-up for dancers, which has much more information and advice on how to prepare the body for dancing.
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