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When early dance training limits creative movement exploration

I trained in ballet for twelve years and now when I try to do other styles my body keeps defaulting to turnout and port de bras

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Deeply ingrained technical habits can constrain the body's capacity for discovering new movement possibilities.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Dance and movement as creativity?”

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