does pilates improve a dancer?
Pilates is something that is involved in our weekly routine here at Vocational Ballet College. It is suitable for a wide range of people. Seniors, children, couch potatoes and fitness fanatics but pilates is essential for dancers!
As our pilates exercises increase in difficulty, we are feeling a lot stronger within many elements of our technique. Not only gaining strength in our dancing but pilates is teaching us to use the right muscle groups. With some exercises tweaked especially for dance purposes, we are forming the ideal ''ballerina's body''. By correctly and repetitively working through our exercises we are creating longer and leaner muscle groups instead of big, bulky ones. Pilates gives us a good opportunity to strengthen certain muscle groups and/or parts of the body. As a dancer, your pilates program will be forever changing and evolving so never settle for anything easy however, never push your body over its limit.
Pilates is one of those classes that I really look forward to doing and I highly recommend it to those who are wanting an extra push.
- Minnie
I have definitely felt the difference in my dancing when adding pilates to my repertoire. I would recommend it to everyone but dancers in particular!
- Maddie
M&M x
As our pilates exercises increase in difficulty, we are feeling a lot stronger within many elements of our technique. Not only gaining strength in our dancing but pilates is teaching us to use the right muscle groups. With some exercises tweaked especially for dance purposes, we are forming the ideal ''ballerina's body''. By correctly and repetitively working through our exercises we are creating longer and leaner muscle groups instead of big, bulky ones. Pilates gives us a good opportunity to strengthen certain muscle groups and/or parts of the body. As a dancer, your pilates program will be forever changing and evolving so never settle for anything easy however, never push your body over its limit.
Pilates is one of those classes that I really look forward to doing and I highly recommend it to those who are wanting an extra push.
- Minnie
I have definitely felt the difference in my dancing when adding pilates to my repertoire. I would recommend it to everyone but dancers in particular!
- Maddie
M&M x