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Video: Is ballet a sport? Are dancers athletes?

Video: Is ballet a sport? Are dancers athletes?

| July 7, 2015 | 0 Comments

In her recent sports and fitness article, Discovery’s online editor, Catherine Davis, asked: Is ballet a sport? And, are ballerinas athletes? To any aspiring and professional dancer, the answers to these questions are painfully obvious. Painful in more ways than one, but sadly only obvious to some. The art and pursuit of making dance look […]

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Celebrating the Madiba Dance and the man who loved to move

Celebrating the Madiba Dance and the man who loved to move

| December 6, 2013 | 0 Comments

At a recent concert in Johannesburg, South African musician Johnny Clegg shared a little story with the audience about a special moment back in 1999 at a concert in Frankfurt, where Nelson Mandela surprised everyone on stage and delighted everyone in the audience by unexpectedly walking on stage in the middle of one of Clegg’s […]

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Mind Over Body – Public talk in Johannesburg on 30 May

Mind Over Body – Public talk in Johannesburg on 30 May

| May 23, 2013 | 0 Comments

Are you injury-prone, struggling with your flexibility, weight or your health? What if it turned out that you have some hidden agendas and unconscious motives relating to your physical body? “No way” you say? Well, you may just change your mind, quite literally, after hearing this evening talk on 30 May 2013 where Dr John […]

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Fixing the fear of standing in front: 5 tips to conquer unset classes

Fixing the fear of standing in front: 5 tips to conquer unset classes

| May 17, 2013 | 0 Comments

I’ll admit, there was a time when I would dread unset classes. I was so anxious about standing in front that I’d make damn sure to always aim for the middle of the barre – you know, the safe zone, always with someone in front and behind to copy. Class after unset class, I would […]

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11 Key Success Principles of the world’s top high achievers

11 Key Success Principles of the world’s top high achievers

| May 15, 2013 | 0 Comments

Mikhail Baryshnikov once said “No one is born a dancer. You have to want it more than anything”. Similarly, no one is born with success. Even with a natural born talent, success can never be guaranteed based on your past, but rather as a result of how you think and what you do each day […]

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How to manipulate the breath-stress connection for a calmer mind

How to manipulate the breath-stress connection for a calmer mind

| May 8, 2013 | 0 Comments

“Just take a deep breath” may be one hell of a clichéd thing to tell someone who’s stressed out of their mind. But scientists have found that it’s actually exactly what’s required to stop the body’s biological and chemical stress response and create a calmer state of mind. For dancers, this knowledge of how to […]

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Dancers, three reasons you need a performance coach

Dancers, three reasons you need a performance coach

| April 4, 2013 | 0 Comments

You trust your dance teachers to guide you to peak physical fitness, but when it comes to your mental fitness, do you have a strategy or are you just winging it? Taking a cue from high-performance sportsmen and women who have realised the importance of a high-performance mental coach, I set out to discover just […]

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What’s on our mind – coming up in the Mind category…

| March 24, 2013 | 0 Comments

In the Mind category of BodyMindBallet, we’ll explore the impact that mental attitudes and patterns of thought can have on a dancer’s performance. We’ll talk to experts in the fields of psychology, neuro-science and human potential for their advice, from memory tricks for concert rehearsals to stress-coping techniques and more. Watch this space for these […]

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