In today’s episode, Amanda shares her outlook and view on warm-ups and includes some of her most tried and true ways of changing it up from time to time. 

“By engaging in a warm-up before each dance activity, dancers will be able to optimize the work done in class, rehearsal or performance, working safely and efficiently.”

Andrea Kozai for IADMS

https://iadms.org/media/3598/iadms-resource-paper-the-importance-of-a-good-warm-up.pdf

Amanda shares her top most important question she asks when creating her warm-up and what it means to her . . . 

How does this warm-up help to prepare the body? The mind? The soul/spirit?

For Amanda, approaching the dancer as a whole person when it comes to warm-up is vital to the success of the class. 

This episode discusses:

*Choreographed warm-up benefits

*Conditioning style warm-up benefits

*Reading the room and gaining a sense of the dancers’ energy levels for a given day

*Ways to revamp and change it up from time to time

When we get into a rhythm of doing the same thing over and over, there can be great benefit, but there can also be boredom—for your dancers and for yourself. And the good thing is, we don’t need to change up that much to make it interesting and make it feel fresh again.

Today’s episode helps to show you how this can happen and how a class can feel refreshed and new by making slight adjustments to your warm-ups.

Amanda’s Favorite Resources for Functional Strength Warm-Ups

*Sugarfoot Therapy @sugarfoot_therapy

*Katie Groven of Dancer Fitness @dancer_fitness.com

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