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Lecture-Workshop: Cheating with the Feet: How to identify and improve the relationship between foot posture and lumbopelvic stability in developing dancers (Blessyl Buan)The foot is important for balance, articulation, jumps, turns and percussion. Often, young dancers are disconnected with coordinating lumbopelvic stability with their feet. Visualizing the anatomical and functional connections of this system and discussing the predisposing factors that can influence compensatory patterns in the dancer will be discussed. The injuries related to this postural weakness and their management and prevention will be outlined. Communication tools for the dance educator, dancer and health care provider will be introduced.
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Blessyl Buan |
"When dancers learn that their alignment, breath and physicality work together, then the soul of their performance breaks through".
Dr. Blessyl Buan is a Chiropractor, Dance Health Consultant and Dance Artist. The first 14 years of her dance training in ballet, tap, jazz and hip hop took place in studios without a mirror. What seemed for many years as a disadvantage actually nurtured a heightened body awareness that would fuel her passion in learning about the body and how to improve performance. With additional credentials in Medical Acupuncture, KinesioTape® and various myofascial release techniques, Dr. Blessyl fuses her clinical and dance expertise with exercise prescription to optimize performance for performing artists. Her conditioning certifications include: Stott Mat Pilates, Fletcher Barrework®, Towelwork® and Floorwork®, Progressing Ballet Technique (Beg. Int. Adv.) and Level 1 C-I Training™ (conditioning-with-imagery). She is a contributing writer on dance health for the publication, The Dance Current and consults with various dance studios in the greater Toronto area. She has presented at Be Discovered, Healthy Dancer Canada Conference (Vancouver 2012), Performing Arts Medical Association (Toronto 2013) and York University (Faculty of Dance), Equity Stage Theatre (2006). As a dance artist, she understands first hand the pressures unique to performing artist for success. Her professional dance career was in film and television. Currently she is a principal dancer with Hataw Performing Arts and continues to expand her movement repertoire in various dance styles. |