Artistic Athlete is a series of classes and workshop that teaches young/pre-professional dancers how to reinforce their technique foundation in order to prolong, maintain and enhance their dancing capabilities. A dancer’s body travels through extreme ranges of physical motion that require high levels of ability in a diverse collection of physical capacities: strength, flexibility, endurance, align
ment, coordination and relaxation. Lack of proper activation of the core, aerobic endurance, stamina, misalignment and muscle imbalances are the leading causes of dance related injuries. The workshops focus on:
-increasing strength for power, stability and flexibility
-increasing muscular and aerobic endurance,
-understanding anatomical alignment of the body
-nutrition and fueling the body for training and performance
-proper technique of stretching
-creating and projecting a healthy body image
-learning how to create a supplemental conditioning program that is cohesive for specific training.
