Dance as an Artist

What is food obsession? There’s a fine line between promoting healthy habits and teetering with restrictive ones. This is especially true since diet culture masks disordered eating with “wellness.” Since food is both a necessity in life and a tool for optimizing a dancer’s performance, it can be easy for harmless habits to turn into obsessive behaviors.

Do you feel like you cannot trust yourself with Halloween candy? Perhaps you feel out of control this time of year. Halloween can be an opportunity to try intuitive eating and build a supportive relationship with candy (yep… that’s a thing!)

Learn how to dictate your portions using mindful eating techniques that help to increase your attunement to feeling fullness and satisfaction. Here are a few tips to consider.

With little time to build a balanced snack during performance season, convenience is crucial. A granola bar can be a quick and portable option to help fuel long rehearsals, auditions, or training days. If purchased ahead, they’re also readily available when hunger strikes unexpectedly. This article will dive into what dancers can consider when choosing a snack bar.

Clean eating suggests an idea of purity in food choices, often promoting the elimination of processed foods and a strict emphasis on whole, unrefined ingredients. While on the surface, this may seem like a good thing, especially for dancers who rely on proper nutrition to fuel their bodies, the truth is that the concept of clean eating can be harmful and even detrimental to a dancer’s performance, mental health, and long-term relationship with food.