- If you ever get cramps in your feet, eat more bananas! Potassium helps reduce muscle cramps, and are very healthy for you.
- Whenever you are doing any kind of jump while dancing, make sure your heels fully touch the ground. If your heel does not touch the ground, this could risk your Achilles tendon snapping. If your achillies snaps, then your foot will just hang! So be very careful. If this does happen to any of you dancers out there, don't worry it is fixable. This happened to my dance teacher when she did gymnastics and she's been fully healed for a while.
- If anyone is curious about point shoe buying, you should always get your point shoes fitted. You may think your feet haven't grown at all, but point shoes need to be fitted perfectly to your feet. Do not buy someone else's, don't buy some random pair, get your point shoes fitted and it will be so much better for your feet and for your dance performance.
- I'm sure many dancer's teachers/instructors have told you to spot while doing turns. If, for any reason your wonder why they tell you that, it's because that's how you can nail your turns! If you have a solid spot when turning, then there is a high chance of getting your turns down faster. If any of you haven't heard of the term "spot" or "spotting", it is when your are going into some kind of turn and you need a focal point toward the direction you're turning in. Once you have a focal point and constantly look at it while turning, besides when you have to spin around, this can help you get solid turns. If my definition of those terms isn't clear, just look them up on Google and I'm almost 100% positive you'll find a better description, or even a video to help you learn how to spot.
Well, these are some of the main hints/facts I learned throughout my dance career. I hope these help!
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