Getting use to your own body after time off might take some patience. Thankfully we have the visual memory and muscle memory systems to help us return, but how else can we continue to improve technique in the present body? “Technique” is thus understood as the skills experienced in practice and inscribed into one’s own …
Doing one activity is enough, right? As I’ve been a dancer for most of my life, I usually avoided other strenuous activities such as running. This may be because Ballet and Contemporary dancers, for instance, are often given time in between exercises and/or combinations to go through movements, stretch and prepare mentally and physically. However, after taking up …
