Dance Performance

Dance is a unique art form because its participants are not only artists but they are athletes. This requires intense physical capabilities like strength, power, endurance, balance, as well as the ability to visually captivate an audience.

 

Despite the intense demands of the sport, historically strength training has not been a regular part of recreational, pre-professional, or even professional dance programs & it has ultimately come at the expense of the long-term health of the dancer and the longevity of their career. 

 

There is high-quality current research that points to strength training being this missing piece to not only improve performance outcomes in dancers, but also to reduce injury risk and ultimately keep dancers dancing for longer. Specifically, we are seeing that dancers who participate in resistance training show an increase in muscle strength, improved bone mineral density, decreased risk of osteoporosis in late adulthood, reduced injury risks up to 50%, and improved overall performance metrics.