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DanceCareAustralia
- May 26, 2022
- 6 min
dancers, is what you're doing serving you well?
Is what I'm currently doing, serving me well? This is a question that I've had to ask myself a lot over the past two weeks. After taking...
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DanceCareAustralia
- Apr 1, 2022
- 5 min
the crossroads of my dance career
I took a deep dive into my inbox the other week. It was a funny, weird and nostalgic trip down memory lane and I stumbled upon all the...
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DanceCareAustralia
- Apr 26, 2021
- 4 min
The goal is the journey; the journey is the goal.
This is an affirmation, we call them mantras, that we use in Two Can Do. My entire dance journey has been about this - ‘the goal is the...
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DanceCareAustralia
- Mar 9, 2021
- 6 min
Life of a Dancer #1 - On a Ship, Then and Now
Professional dancer Gen Reilly helps us to understand what exactly it is like to be a dancer on a cruise ship, outlining the many perks...
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DanceCareAustralia
- Mar 17, 2020
- 3 min
There is More to Dance
People dance for different reasons. Some people dance to get better, some people dance to rehabilitate themselves, some dance for fun,...
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DanceCareAustralia
- Jul 18, 2019
- 4 min
CELEBRATE Your Body
I had wide hips, a short body, cellulite on my bum and was the only girl that seemed to have developed in their chest. I spent hours...
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DanceCareAustralia
- Apr 6, 2019
- 3 min
A Dancer's Physical Image and Health - Part Two
Ballet dancers are usually perceived as delicate and petite humans with a sense of frailty to them. Even the men are generally scoffed at...
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DanceCareAustralia
- Mar 23, 2019
- 2 min
What defines the “perfect” ballet body? - Part One
The word perfect or ideal is dangerous in the ballet world. We live in a world governed by social media where we are bombarded by the top...
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DanceCareAustralia
- Mar 10, 2019
- 3 min
The political reality of dance
One of the harshest realities I have had to face throughout my professional career is that at the end of the day, it is a personal game....
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DanceCareAustralia
- Dec 7, 2018
- 4 min
Moving on from a world of dance to a world of unknowns
The moment I had decided to stop dancing was bittersweet. I still remember the night I sat down at the dinner table with my parents and...
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