Cross Training for Dancers

Between the world-record breaking 10 year olds twirling and thumbnails promising the miracle fix for high legs, bendy backs and banana feet, it can be incredibly difficult to discern helpful information from mi...

How to Safely Return to Dance

Returning to dancing post festivities can be an exciting prospect for many dancers and a daunting one for others. Chances are you had a little boogie here and there in the name of all things holly and jolly, bu...

Are Dancers Allergic to Rest?

I would hazard a guess that this year, jumping higher, turning faster and staying injury free are all top of your Christmas list but... what if you knew that you didn't have to wait a year to make those dreams ...

How to Prevent Knee Pain as a Dancer

I bend without breaking and wear a cap instead of a crown, knock when nervous and allow you to sit down. What am I? Your knees! ...

Ideal Posture: Is It a Utopia?

“Sit up straight! I just don’t understand how you can dance so upright and then sit all twisted like that.” I’ve lost count of how many times I heard my mom say that — especially during my teenage years, that a...

World Ballet Day

Dance throughout time has played an instrumental role in both shaping and celebrating the culture into which and from which it was born. Indeed we know from Ancient Greek vases and parietal art such as cave pai...

World Osteoporosis Day

Affecting more than 50% of women aged 50+ and 20% of men globally, osteoporosis can have devastating physical, mental and socioeconomic effects leading many to beg the question what can we do?...

Move and Groove

Introducing Move and Groove. PBT’s signature Move and Groove classes are the go-to for dancers looking for comprehensive complementary training....

Dancing Through Pain: The Truth Behind Injury

How do I relieve back pain? How do I stop my hip clicking? How to heal knee pain? - All common queries frantically bashed into the google search bar b...

A Dancer's Guide to Warming Up

Warming up: a concept that is often met with annoyance if not, neglect. What a faff! Limbering up and stretching out just to work those same muscles even harder in your actual training. We all know it’s importa...

World Brain Day 2025

Riddle me this: I’m thinking of something that you use everyday. It works hard when you are awake but is also active while you sleep. It decides what to say but also when to stay silent. It remembers some thing...

Eating Disorders in Dance

Eating disorders in ballet is often a sensitive subject that is for the most part silenced as the dance industry desperately tries to preserve a naturally thin aesthetic. The harsh truth is that eating disorder...