Dance25 is running its first contest! Dance25 needs feedback from YOU to make the site better for you.
What do you get for your efforts? The prize for our Feedback Contest is either
a) A Copy of The Ballet Companion: A Dancer’s Guide to the Technique, Traditions, and Joys of Ballet or
b) An online gift card from Amazon of equivalent value ($19.77)
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The Ballet Companion is one of my favorite Ballet references. The book has everything an adult beginner ballet dancer needs from information on choosing your ballet class, the history of ballet, definitions, nutritional information, etc. |
How do you enter?
Simply leave a comment in this post or e-mail me directly at me@dance25.com with your feedback of the blog before Tuesday 3/08. Please make sure to include your e-mail information so that I can contact you about the prize afterwards. A few questions I am looking answers for:
- Do you read our Tuesday Ballet Terms series? Do you like the series? Is there anything you would change for the Tuesday Ballet Terms?
- Do you play our Ballet Vocabulary Game? Is there anything you would change for the game?
- What is your favorite blog post on Dance25 and why?
- Would you recommend Dance25 to your dance friends? Why or Why not? What would motivate you to recommend our site?
- Do you subscribe to our RSS/E-mail/Twitter feeds? Why or why not? Do you use any of these types of services?
Criteria for Winning
The reader that provides the best example and suggestions will win the prize! If you have any suggestions outside of the questions listed above for improving the site, they are also most welcomed.
Thanks everyone! Can’t wait to hear your thoughts.
Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Cinderella is the best ballet I have ever seen. I went in there expecting a slow traditional ballet, but it was a “ mesmerizing theatrical” (Seattle Times). Cinderella completely dashed all my preconceptions. Better than All Thwarp, better than Alonzo King’s Scheherazade, and better than Jiri Kylian’s Petit Mort, PNB’s Cinderella exemplifies exactly why I love ballet. James Moore’s Harlequin solo stole the show for me.
James Moore’s Harlequin
James Moore was AMAZING. The show should no longer be called Cinderella. Please rename it to The Harlequin & Cinderella. The choreography was great. It was fast and spritey (is that a word?) like what evil spirtes should be. Moore movements and jumps were incredibly fluid. He had the softest landings ever. But more than his technique, he embodied the Harlequin. Even when he did his walk around, the little hand gestures he did was just like man he owned that character.
Can I have more of James Moore? Is there such a thing as groupies in the Ballet world? Please sign me up right away!!
Cinderella’s Costumes & Set Whisked Me Away Read more…
Do you need practice on your ballet vocabulary? Do you want a fun way to test your ballet vocab skills? We interrupt our regularly scheduled program Tuesday Ballet Terms for the beta launch of Dance25′s Ballet Vocab game! The goal of the game is to help everyone learn ballet vocabulary such as pas de poisson, piqué, couru, chaînés etc in an interactive and fun way.
Click Here to Play!
How to Play the Ballet Vocabulary Game
Each game consists of 10 questions. You get 75 seconds for each question. Read more…
What is Aquatic Physical Therapy and What is it Like?
One might envision your Baywatch guys and girls throwing beach balls in the sun:
But aquatic therapy is far from it. No, aquatic therapy is real exercise. Also called water therapy or pool therapy, aquatic therapy is a newer form of physical therapy that helps patients with a number of problems such as neck/back/shoulder and of course knee injures. It is one of component of my new treatment plan to help with my patellofemoral syndrome condition. One of the key benefits of aquatic therapy is that the buoyancy of the water allows you to build strength without putting as much stress on your joints.
Here are a few videos of my water therapy sessions:
Aquatic Therapy Walking Front
Aquatic Therapy Equipment
In terms of the setup, my aquatic therapy sessions were done in a small pool where a treadmill is installed at the base. There are jets on the left and right of the pool that increases the current of the water making the exercises more difficult.
You can see in my video below that I struggled a bit with the hip abduction exercise because of the water current
Aquatic Therapy Hip Abduction
Did I write this article just to give myself an excuse to look at some old Baywatch eye candy? Possibly. You decide!
Other Resources:
- About.com’s Aquatic Therapy Article
- Pro Club Article about Aquatic Therapy – There is a brief article about how a patient with a brain tumor used aquatic therapy to help relearn balance and confidence
