Description
Book SynopsisDancers experience pain, joy, frustration, rapture, failure, applause, and are above the worldly concerns of food, money, and financial security. They live only to dance. Or do they?
The reality is dancers of all ages, types, and skill levels often experience incredible physical and psychological stress and have traditionally bore their pain in stoic silence.
In this much needed new book, Dance Magazine''s Linda Hamilton offers dancers the same type of advice and understanding they have come to trust from her popular monthly column. Psychologist Hamilton--a former dancer with New York City Ballet under the legendary George Balanchine--offers a complete resource for coping with the day to day pressures of being a dancer. Page after page is filled with the insight that can only come from a person who has been intimately involved in the world of dance.
Hamilton outlines strategies for dancers for dealing with a variety of common physical and ps
Trade Review
"an inspiring book with an impressive repertory of solutions to the psychological and physical problems that challenge every dancer." (Dance Magazine, January 1999)
Excerpt in Dance Magazine, October, 1997.
Listed as a resource in Dance Magazine, January 1999.
Dr. Linda Hamilton, an associate professor at Fordham University, lecturer, psychologist, former dancer with the New York City Ballet, and author of Advice for Dancers, also writes a monthly article, Advice for Dancers, in Dance Magazine.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
1 Accepting the Dancer You Are 9
2 Teaching Practices: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly 35
3 Focusing on Body Shape and Appearance 55
4 Your Relationships: Friends or Foes? 77
5 So You Want to Be a Professional 99
6 Performing at Your Peak 123
7 The Mind-Body Connection: Injuries and Your Health 147
8 Is There Life After Dance? 173
Resource Directory 193
Bibliography 213
Further Reading 217
About the Author 219
Index 221
