by Jennifer Heimlich | Jun 1, 2009 | Company Life
Pilates has officially replaced crunches as the top technique to tone your six-pack. A recent study at Auburn University at Montgomery proved “The Teaser” activates 39 percent more of your abdominal muscles and 266 percent more of your external obliques than...
by Philip Colucci, Karin Ellis-Wentz, Tyann Clement | Apr 1, 2006 | Company Life, Cross-Training
We asked three working dancers to write about cross-training techniques that could benefit them in their work. Each dancer has a different amount of experience with and approach to the disciplines they describe. Karate When most people think of martial arts, they...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Sometimes, a plain old downward dog isn’t enough. For dancers who like to defy the laws of physics, anti-gravity yoga quite literally takes cross-training to a whole new level. This hybrid technique of yoga and aerial arts helps stretch and strengthen the body...