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There are physical techniques to create space in your pelvis for a faster, smoother and easier birth.

Ginny Phang - from Four Trimesters Birth Sanctuary in Singapore - gives us some precious information about pregnancy routine and how to prepare physically and mentally for labor and delivery when you are a dancer/athlete. Make sure you head to our Instagram account @dancersfaq in order to access the videos recorded during this interview.

Thinking about having a baby? Pregnant? Due very soon? This episode is for you! Don't forget that alignment and misalignment of the pelvis work on a weekly basis!

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Fusion of ballet and hip hop is so cliché! Girls on pointes + b-boys turning on their heads.

From my point of view, fusion is like scrapbooking or making a collage, you mix and match steps, music or expressions from different styles but you don't really create anything genuine. Creating a brand new language, inspired from different disciplines, is really challenging and much more interesting.

In this episode, Joseph Simon tells us about his dance and choreographic research called Ballet Fantasies.

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What is contact improvisation?

You can find contact improvisation jams nearly wherever you go.

What is this style gathering movers from so many different background (martial arts, dance, circus, yoga...)? Irene Sposetti, a dancer/teacher for over 20 years enlightens us on this subject. In this episode, she discusses the topics of movement research, cultural adaptation, gaze and intimacy. 

If you want to develop your improvisational skills, access and refine your intuition, empower your creative imagination and connect to fellow movers, this style could be for you!

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Repetition will make you master a particular skill.

Tina Afiyan Breiova, a performer/teacher, keeps on putting her beginners' shoes on, diving into new movement practices. She believes that people can get a richer range of possibilities in their movement and develop their athletic skills by getting out of their comfort zone on a regular basis and working across disciplines.

Get to know her point of view on traditional repetitive training and her advice to get better at what you do.

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Most of us grew up in a world where Barbie dolls and pink toys were for girls and plastic swords and blue toys were for boys. This binary way of thinking has been affecting the classical dance industry for decades.

Here is the story of Yeric Valentino, a professional ballet dancer that was trained to perform Princes and who wanted to be a Princess. Last year (2019), he made his dreams come true by joining the company Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, dancing on pointes with a tutu on. After interpreting male roles, he had to face the choice of what was right and what was easy. He listened back to his inner self and lately became the one he always wanted to be.

This episode is for the ones that love the idea of not being what people expect them to be, and any curious listener.

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Landing from a jump must be trained consciously. A lack of technique, bad habits and anatomical limitations can predispose to injuries such as fatigue fracture.

Santiago del Valle, a physiotherapist and the founder of Corporis Fabrica (physiotherapy and body disciplines center in Paris) explains why it is so important to put our heels down when we jump.

If you are curious about the foot physiology and/or classical ballet, this episode is for you!

Pictures and videos are available on our Instagram @dancersfaq.

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Being a drag queen is not only about hyper femininity and female glamour standards.

Sascha aka Absinthia Absolut is a bearded queen with glittery lips from Berlin. He shares here how his life switched after attending a RuPaul's drag race screening.

Becoming a drag queen made Sascha become his true self, embracing the multiple facets of his personality. He could dance freely, not being judged but only admired. He could be at the centre of the attention, performing in an ocean of mesmerising lights. He could be Sascha and Absinthia at the same time, not choosing one gender only but mixing both and reinventing the rules of drag culture. In fact, he did not choose to put an emphasis on hyper femininity, shaving his arms and looking for female glamour standards, he kept his beard, put on a pair of high heels and asked his first audience: "Give me all your luvin'".

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Las Vegas is THE entertainment capital of the world! Also known as "sin City", I've always wondered what it was like to be a performer there. Is having a "normal" life easy when there are so many party opportunities around you? Leslie Louis Jean, a former Crazy Horse dancer, shares her experience with us.

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- MGM

- Trader Joe's

- Alvin Ailey's School

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- Sophrology, massages and feminity coaching on cocoon-place.com

- Crazy in Love for sensual choreographies on heels

Diane Mesnier, a psychologist, yoga teacher and former model shares her past experiences in the modeling industry. You'll hear about loneliness, competitivity and heavy hierarchy in castings and dance companies. How could we improve the performing arts and fashion industries? What are the responsibilities agents, choreographers and production teams need to take? How could we create a healthier working atmosphere? 

Find Diane Mesnier on ARTEMIS.

What's your story, a dancersfaq program where amazing people share their story.

Sun Phitthaya Phaefuang started jazz and modern in Norway. He is now a contemporary dancer in Asia (performing in Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan and more) and THE ambassador of Voguing  in Thailand.

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• Debbie Bazoo

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Info+:

The 3 styles of Voguing: Old Way (using shapes and poses), New Way (using acrobatics and poses requiring high flexibility) and Vogue Femme (very dramatic and feminine moves and faces).

Vogue Femme is built around five elements: catwalk, duckwalks, hand performances, floor performances and spins & dips.

Some of the ball's competition categories: sex siren, bizarre, faces, voguing and runway.