by Paula Frasz | Jul 18, 2017 | Health & Body
When Paula Frasz fell from a horse in 2015 and broke her tibia and fibula, she couldn’t put any weight on her left leg for three months. She continued to teach with the aid of a scooter, also known as a “knee-walker.” (This device allows you to kneel...
by Rachel Holland | Jun 19, 2017 | Health & Body
Like any dance teacher, Christopher Busbin witnesses his students’ popping joints and often experiences his own. “My shoulders were always cracking, and I thought it was from torn rotator cuffs,” he says. Busbin, who teaches at Fred Astaire Dance...
by Andrea Marks | May 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
With a competition weekend looming, studio owner Kim McDonough was rehearsing students for an up-tempo jazz piece at Dansations in Jacksonville, Florida. As one dancer crouched low to the floor, a nearby teammate kicked her leg up, connecting her foot with the side of...
by Rachel Caldwell | Sep 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
It can be very isolating for a dancer when she’s injured. She has to sit out classes and rehearsals, and the timetable for returning to dance is not always straightforward. To help remedy this, The Dancers’ Resource, a subset of The Actors Fund, is...
by Nina Amir | May 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
Tappers may use their feet more than any other type of dancer, as they slide, jump, slap, stomp and balance on the balls of their feet, quickly shifting into various positions. “Tappers use all points of the foot in contact with the floor in different percussive or...