Taking Care of Yourself

As a dancer, image is everything.  We must take care of our bodies we are the product.  It’s important to eat properly, exercise and look after the product.  We stare in mirrors all day.  Getting the right positions and shapes are important, but its not just when we are dancing we need to be tidy and presentable.

As a dancer with the Sarasota Ballet, it is important that we represent the company in a good light.  Presentation is everything!  As Sarasota is a place for the arts, a lot of people know and recognise us (like minor local celebrities!).  there has been a number of occasions when we have been stopped on the street and asked if we dance with the company or if we were in the local newspaper.

The dancers are often asked to go to fund raisers.  We need to make a good impression.  At the end of the day, there is no harm in being respectable.

Eating properly does a number of great things for you.  You become healthier, stronger and more resilient to illness.  Your skin looks more youthful, your stamina is increased and your overall appearance is enhanced.  Eating right can assist you in so many ways.  Also the quality of the food can make a huge difference.  Organic, homemade cuisine is the best thing for you, it smells and tastes so much more superior that packet/microwave meals and has greater health benefits.

I feel that we must always be presentable, as you don’t know who is watching or what might be around the corner.  We must not forget, when you look good, you feel good!

From left: Dancers Daniel Rodriguez, Ellen Overstreet and Jacob Hughes of the Sarasota Ballet at Sarasota Ballet's "Welcome Back" Luncheon.Photograph: Cliff Roles ©

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