Tag: normalcy
How I am Celebrating Eating Disorders Awareness Week
February is Eating Disorders Awareness Month, and there has been quite a bit floating around the blogosphere with respect to this poignant topic in the dance community. It’s just too bad that we are still faced with a serious problem when it comes to dancers and eating disorders, but the fact that the community is now talking more open and honestly…
Superhumans (or not)
You may not know this, but I'm a HUGE cycling fan. So the news of Lance Armstrong's alleged use of performance enhancing drugs on 60 minutes last Sunday was a disappointment, if not a shock, and a horrible reminder that these figures that we put on pedestals have not always achieved superhuman feats of athleticism through good training, hard work, and…
Nobody puts baby in a corner… The Politics of Pregnancy
Deep in preparations for her Cecchetti Grade II teacher’s exam, my friend and colleague Enid Smith got news that she wasn’t allowed to take the exam. The reason? She’s pregnant with her second child. We in the scientific community are pretty solid on the idea that dancing, or exercise in general is safe and even healthy during pregnancy. Enid continues…
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