Archives for September 2019

September 21st 12:15-6:00pm

Are you trying new classes and new movements?  Have you grown since last season?  If so, then chances are you will be feeling new sensations in your muscles and joints as you return to dance this month.  Start the year with a Dancer Screening assessment with physiotherapist Heather Finn, who will carefully evaluate your posture and movement and identify simple ways to improve your strength, flexibility, posture, turnout, jumps, turns or your own goals for dance fitness.  To book your Dancer Screening session at Guelph Youth Dance on September 21, click here.

 Saturday October 5, 2019 from 4:15 to 5 pm 

Heather Finn, registered physiotherapist is looking forward to seeing Guelph Youth dancers (age 14+) for an interactive session on Performance Profiling, as recommended by Healthy Dancer Canada. 

• • If you are a dancer, Performance Profiling will help you to identify what dimensions of dance you find important, enhance your focus and direction of training, and promote your development as an artist and performer. 
• • If you are a parent or teacher, Performance Profiling will help you to understand your dancer’s/dancers’ perspectives, form a basis for collective goal-setting, skills training, training schedule development, and measure your dancer’s/dancers’ progress. 

A performance profile visually represents your perception of the many aspects of your dance process and performance, including: 

• • Physical: Strength, flexibility, balance, sleep, nutrition, hydration, recovery, health, etc 
• • Technical: Coordination, agility, musicality, posture, body awareness, turns, jumps, etc 
• • Psychological: Confidence, motivation, concentration, mental skills, emotional mastery 
• • Artistic: Audience communication, embodiment, state of flow, etc 

Please RSVP to guelphyouthdance@gmail.com. The workshop is free!