SG Dancers' Health

"Performing arts medicine caters to the unique health needs that are specific to performing artists such as dancers, instrumentalists and vocalists.

These performing artists are exceptional individuals who have distinctive traits of both athletes and artists."

Overuse of muscles, knee and back strains and collisions: Why musicians and dancers need specialised treatment Dancers, musicians and vocalists are at higher risk of certain injuries and require unique healthcare and management, explains Changi General Hospital’s Dr Mandy Zhang. Read more at straitstimes.com.

All performing artists, check this out! Your mental health is just as important as taking care of your physical health!

Join us in the webinar to learn about common mental health issues faced by performers, and how to optimise both mental and physical health! https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/building-a-strong-mind-and-body-for-a-performing-artiste-tickets-344018407317

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3 Exercises for More Coordinated Pirouettes Whether you're aiming for effortless pirouettes onstage or trying not to bump into furniture while training at home, we all want sailing, suspended turns. While many components go into a controlled pirouette—a powerful preparation, a balanced relevé, a stable core and well-placed arms—your whol...

Health tips for Musical Theatre Performers!

As a performer, it’s important to stay healthy and in “shape”- but how do we make this all work?

How do we care for our voice?

What are the secret techniques for sustaining a long run/ a demanding role?

What are common misconceptions about Musical Theatre?

Register today!:

https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/how-musical-theatre-performers-stay-healthy-tickets-290182813607

Come talk to our healthcare professionals if you need help!

Changi General Hospital rolls out programme to treat performing artistes The clinic evaluates and treats medical conditions afflicting dancers, instrumentalists and vocalists. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

Wishing everyone a healthy and graceful 2022 ✨💖

Starting Pointe as an Adult? Here Are Some Unique Challenges, Plus Helpful Exercises - Pointe Magazine While technique requirements are the same for ballet students of any age, starting pointe as an adult presents both challenges and benefits.

Hi everyone, join Dr Aprine, Dr Mandy (our sports med doctors) & I next Saturday (5th June 2021) at 2pm on a talk about Hypermobility in dancers. It will be an online Zoom workshop with an exercise segment that I will be running. Sign up details as follows!

Diving into: Hypermobility What is hypermobility? How can we identify and work around it? Join Dr Aprine Tan in this workshop and learn more about hypermobility!

Spent 2 days last week before the year ended to give a talk on dancer's health to the girls at Jody Marshall Dance Company. I shared with the girls (aged 8-15) and some of their parents about injury prevention, management, and the importance of supplemental training for dancers (this was my pet topic in uni!). Also put my post-partum creaky body through some demos which thankfully I managed to survive.🤣

It is heartening to see that the importance of dancer's health is now taken seriously by dance schools, pre-professional or not. Back in my days there were no such education, we just focused on syllabus and forcing turn outs (amidst other really poorly taught body awareness issues now that I think about it 😖) - but whatever happened then drove me to my interest today and I hope fellow like-minded physios are able to change the culture of dance education, albeit slowly.

Thank you Teacher for asking me to be part of this! 💃🏻

So exciting and fresh!

This stunning video will challenge all your preconceptions about ballet From basketball to breakdancing: don’t expect typical ballet in Hong Kong Ballet’s 40th season film.

Happy International Dance Day! This short video produced by The School of Life reminds us to 'shake ourselves from inhibitions' and dance - as it is one of the most essential and salutary activities.

'Dancing has been valued for allowing us to transcend our individuality and for inducing us to merge into a larger, more welcoming and more redemptive whole.'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2fVjXoYmxM&fbclid=IwAR09rrzYRCYGJ0BR0h-txAnpsQeAgYQ7ZrkZf-iIvxUmPFE9IISoxVh6KzY&app=desktop

The Importance of Dancing like an Idiot Dancing is one of the most releasing and necessary of all activities - but we too frequently hold back from the worry that we 'can't dance.' This film useful...

What is flexibility? Is it bad to be too flexible? Are there any ways to become more flexible? Come join in the discussion this Monday at 7.30pm (UTC+8)! (:

We hope that everyone is keeping safe and well during this trying period, and staying home as much as possible!

Keeping up with your dance training during this time is still as important as ever, and Lisa Howell from The Ballet Blog has come up with incredible content for ballet dancers looking for ways to fine tune their technique. We love that the content has been made free and accessible for all who want it, so don't kick your feet up, but get back to work!

Training at home – The Ballet Blog Over the last few weeks, millions of people's lives have been turned upside down due to the global COVID-19 outbreak. Valuable measures are being implemented in many countries to help contain the outbreak, so even if you are not infected, your life is probably be looking and feeling very different a...