by Zoe G. Phillips | May 30, 2024 | Career, Pointe+, Profiles
When American Contemporary Ballet principal Elise Kruger found herself stuck at home amid pandemic lockdowns, she signed up for an online psychology class. It’s a subject that’s always interested her. “There are so many basic psychology tips and tools you can...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Aug 29, 2017 | Health & Body, Training
Five years ago, an idea popped into the head of longtime Ballet West patron and practicing psychologist Dr. Aharon Shulimson: “Do ballet dancers’ brains function differently than the rest of us?” Shulimson and his wife Julie Terry, president of the...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
If you want to improve everything from performance to the time it takes to recover from an injury, look no further than your own head. The secret is a simple thing called imagery, or imaging, and it is something that you already use all the time. “Everyone uses...