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What Dancers Need to Know About Dehydration

What Dancers Need to Know About Dehydration

by Jennifer Heimlich | Jul 1, 2026 | Health & Body, Nutrition, Pointe+, Summer Study

For dancers, summer means sweat. Even if you’re not performing outdoors directly in the sunshine and heat, you still might end up soaking your leotard by the end of the day. “Most dancers at summer intensives are dancing quite a few more hours than they’re used to,...
The Do’s and Don’ts of Performing Outdoors

The Do’s and Don’ts of Performing Outdoors

by Hannah Chang Foster | Aug 20, 2024 | Career, Company Life, Pointe+

When Christin Hanna founded the outdoor Lake Tahoe Dance Festival in 2013, she learned the hard way how a vinyl dance floor reacts when not protected from the hot, midday sun. “If you do a pirouette, [the floor] will attach to your foot and swirl underneath you, like...
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