Are you or do you know someone who wants to make the most of themselves and their dancing this year? Then share, or read this post. Improve performance thru a new revolutionary approach in 2023 Happy new year!!!! Did you know that your good intentions are not in a while in a...

Holidays. Last week I attended a seminar where an amazing sports psychologist also spoke. He showed what different emotions a certain word can evoke in people. I am reminded of this when I think of the word: Holidays. For some a drama for others...

Sun. I am usually in the Caribbean on New Year's Eve. If you create New years resolutions on a tropical island, everything looks rosy. But when you walk back to Schiphol in the cold, you have to be very brave not to fall into a slump right away. Fortunately...

New years. The last month of the year has already started, unbelievable. For me, the past year was amazing: I completed several courses, my book was published, I started my own health coaching business, I have an Instagram account, as a boomer, and...

Upcoming auditions Artez January 2023-March 2023. Codarts 4,5 and 6 April 2023. Lucia Marthas February 2023-April 2023, ATD January -April 2023. These are some upcoming auditions that you may have been looking forward to for a long time . This is where you- almost...

Going to the extreme Dancers are known for 'going to the limit', doing everything to achieve their goal and gain the approval of themselves, but even more so of teachers, choreographers and their fellow dancers/classmates. They are often obsessed with…

Healthy eating pattern Do you have any tips for a healthy eating pattern for a dancer? This was a question I got during the Dansersbrain podcast. Because this is a question that comes up regularly, I want to pay a little more attention to it. Busy, busy, busy No one will...

Confident Your body can do incredible things - as a dancer you know this better than anyone. But being a dancer can also make you insecure. You are constantly comparing yourself to other dancers and you are in a vicious circle where it is difficult to get out and there is...

Mirror, mirror on the wall The year has started again, you stand in front of the mirror and look at your reflection. Immediately a lot of thoughts go through your head and these are often not positive. Ideal picture It will be difficult to become a dancer...

Photo Bettina Traas. Primary food: Meaningful loving relationships Food on your plate You pay close attention to what you eat so that your body has enough energy to perform optimally, but somehow you don't feel quite right. What could that possibly be...

Seaweed and paper mache This summer we were in a place where the sea looked like a huge bowl of seaweed soup. Before you ended up in the beautiful blue part you first had to go through an enormous amount of dredging. Lying on my beach bed I thought; this is exactly...

Dreaming The holidays are always such a moment when you look back at how the past (school) year went and you start dreaming about the new year or about your wishes for the future. The inevitable question is therefore: How am I going to achieve this? I find...

Holidays! Delicious! Finally rest, but you also think; how can I maintain a routine so that I don't have to start from scratch after the holidays. You are happy with the habits you have and don't want to let them go, but you also want a nice...

  Rest Wonderful, the final performances are over. A few last days to finish everything and then it's vacation! The year has gone by so fast and has been very hectic again so now it's time for some rest. Eh, rest, very nice and necessary, but there is also a...

Peanut butter sandwich “Pff .that peanut butter sandwich is coming out of my nose, I really should have eaten it sooner”. I heard that in a class a few weeks ago. What would your reaction be as a dance teacher to this? And what example do you set yourself when it comes to...

Agree “...It doesn't seem easy to me because those girls and boys (in my experience) don't talk about it very quickly.” “...I don't know 1,2,3 anyone specifically who could help you. Partly because you don't often talk about that with someone and it, in my opinion,...

“Yes, that sounds great, a health coach for dancers, but I really can't afford that. I'm just getting by and I'm working my ass off "I'll solve it myself." The money doesn't fall from the sky There is a lot of interest from every corner in the...

This week I heard a young dancer say; I eat really insanely healthy and train like crazy but nothing changes at all in my body. Should I eat even less and train even more, that is really not going to work for me. I don't know how to handle this anymore...

Sports Nutrition Pyramid developed by the Netherlands Sports Dietetics Association (VSN) in collaboration with NZO Do you recognize this: Sometimes, after a day of training, teaching and perhaps also rehearsing, you come home completely exhausted and you are very hungry but it is actually too late. ..