We have not yet had the opportunity to interview this dance blog, if you are associated with the blog please have someone from the blog email us at Brittany@BDancewear.com to set up an interview (only takes a few minutes and it’s free).
In the meantime here is some quick insights about this dance blog from their website.
The purpose of The Healthy Dancer blog is “to aid the development of intelligent, thinking, healthy dancers and to draw attention to ways that dancers can improve their technique through cross-training, better nutrition and body awareness.” The creator of this blog, Diana Dart Harris, holds a B.A. in Dance Education and an M.S. in Exercise Science. She spent 20 years as a dance instructor and a choreographer for community theater since 1989 and is a Reiki Practitioner. She has held other positions in prestigious dance schools. In 2012 she was granted a grant to develop and implement a curriculum that used dance to teach geometry to second graders and has directed a dance outreach program for fourth graders. Her interests lie in educating the whole dancer, and she has developed a curriculum to educate dancers and teachers about eating disorders. Diana believes that all dancers should be healthy ones and that dance can benefit everyone. Dance educators praise The Healthy Dancer. They were impressed with the blog; believed their students could benefit from the information particularly those regarding eating disorders; appreciated the stand on “old wives tales;” and much more. Educators thanked Diana for providing them with a “great tool” for them to educate their dancers and parents.
