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Shane Wuerthner
Mar 19, 20212 min read
Stories from a dance career episode 7
I was born in San Francisco and lived there until the age of 11. My parents moved with me at that young age all the way to Washington DC...
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Shane Wuerthner
Mar 11, 20213 min read
5 reasons to take adult ballet classes! (and what to look for in a studio)
Ballet is often seen as an elite art form that takes at least a decade to learn and even longer to master. For many young girls and even...
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Shane Wuerthner
Mar 8, 20212 min read
Two steps every dancer must perfect to master their technique
Ballet is a beautiful art form that is over 400 years old. It has developed out of the French and Italian courts into the technically and...
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Shane Wuerthner
Feb 23, 20213 min read
Stories From a Dance Career episode 6
Sometimes there are dancers who seem to get the roles easily. The ones who are cast well from the moment they enter the company. This...
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Shane Wuerthner
Feb 15, 20212 min read
What are you practicing?
My whole life has been a practice. From the moment I decided to start walking to my first time on stage to my work with my clients...
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Shane Wuerthner
Feb 8, 20213 min read
Why do we keep skipping the foundations?
I remember being 8 years old in class with my teacher Leslie Crockett at Marin Ballet. I remember hearing for the first time the french...
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Shane Wuerthner
Jan 28, 20212 min read
Stories from a dancer episode 5
I could feel exhaustion taking over. Ballet is a challenge, made even more so by the fact that you can't show how hard it really is....
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Shane Wuerthner
Jan 21, 20213 min read
Exams don't create dancers
I grew up in the United States, I was born in San Francisco but I attribute my success at becoming a professional dancer to my training...
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Shane Wuerthner
Jan 18, 20212 min read
Stories From A Dance Career Episode 4
He sat at the front of the room, his hair was perfectly glued to his head. A blank stare fell from his eyes onto the room. He didn't...
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Shane Wuerthner
Jan 14, 20212 min read
The number 1 myth that still gets told to dancers....and is ending their careers
My career ended for the most part because I had extreme pain in my knees. Officially I had Patella tendinopathy, and was often told that...
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Shane Wuerthner
Jan 12, 20212 min read
Stories from a dance career episode 3
It had been a long day of learning. I had just arrived home to our apartment, where Marie-Claire and I were living in the 8th district of...
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Shane Wuerthner
Jan 10, 20212 min read
4 Ways Being a Dancer Will Change Your Life For The Better
Dancers are a unique breed. You can easily pick them out of a crowd just by looking at the way they walk and carry themselves. There is...
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Shane Wuerthner
Jan 8, 20212 min read
Stories from a dance career episode 2...
My heart sunk into my stomach. I had taken the summer to recover on my first trip to Australia where it had been nearly 2 months from...
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Shane Wuerthner
Jan 5, 20212 min read
You don't have to stay broken
Have you ever heard the story of the frog in the pot? Once upon a time a frog was captured and was going to be cooked for dinner. The...
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Shane Wuerthner
Jan 4, 20212 min read
Stories from a dance career... episode one
"Oh Sh*t" I exclaimed under my breath as I dipped her, my lips inches from her's. I was supposed to kiss her but the pain was intense. It...
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Shane Wuerthner
Jan 4, 20211 min read
3 simple stretches to release tension in your neck and upper back
I was working with a client this morning who has chronic upper back pain and it inspired me to create this little tutorial for you all....
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Shane Wuerthner
Dec 29, 20203 min read
Top 5 exercises to improve leg strength for dancers
If you're like most dancers you've probably been told at one point or another not to use your quads because it will make your legs bulky....
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Shane Wuerthner
Dec 29, 20202 min read
A Heartfelt thank you and a look to the future...
2020 has been a year of uncertainty for many. A year of challenges that no one could have planned for. A year of unexpected closures,...
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