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Review
"Linda Hamilton's book is excellent and needed. She touches on all aspects of being a dancer." —Jacques d'Amboise, Founder, National Dance Institute, New York

"A comprehensive and valuable book for dancers, their parents and teachers, as well as other health care professionals who work with them. She addresses those common, silent, questions that dancers have but are not openly discussed. Her expertise in the field of dance and psychology enable her to speak realistically, with honesty and integrity, about the dancer world. Her commitment is clear--it is time for the dance community to take responsibility in promoting and producing health dancers! This book is a "must read" for everyone involved with dance." —Marika Molar, PT, director of physical therapy, Westside Dance Physical Therapy and New York City Ballet and the School of American Ballet

"Students, dancers, and parents will benefit greatly from reading Advice for Dancers. You will learn how better eating habits will help you lose weight, that starving or crash diets are not the answer and can hurt you for the rest of your life. Everyone is not meant to be thin or have the perfect body. Linda Hamilton shows you how to be the best that you can be." —Faith Shaw Petrides, president, Dance Professionals Associates, Ltd., and author of The Dance Directory

"A unique and much-needed volume for our times that is sure to be an invaluable help, resource, and reference for anybody in the performing arts." —Richard N. Philp, editor in chief, Dance Magazine

Product Description
Dancers experience pain, joy, frustration, rapture, failure, applause, and are above the worldly concerns of food, money, and financial security. They live only to dance.

Or do they?

The reality is dancers of all ages, types, and skill levels often experience incredible physical and psychological stress and have traditionally bore their pain in stoic silence.

In this much needed new book, Dance Magazine's Linda Hamilton offers dancers the same type of advice and understanding they have come to trust from her popular monthly column. Psychologist Hamilton--a former dancer with New York City Ballet under the legAndary George Balanchine--offers a complete resource for coping with the day to day pressures of being a dancer. Page after page is filled with the insight that can only come from a person who has been intimately involved in the world of dance.

Hamilton outlines strategies for dancers for dealing with a variety of common physical and psychological issues and shows how to be true to your passion and bring back the joy in dancing. The book is filled with answers to dancer's most often asked questions and offers practical methods for dealing with such difficult problems as eating disorders, substance abuse, ruthless competition, and performance anxiety. Advice for Dancers will teach you how to:

Achieve you physical potential and select the dance technique that's right for you
Find out which teaching practices you can trust and why
Learn how to reach your optimal weight without compromising your energy, health, and career
Develop healthy relationships both inside and outside the dance studio
Use a variety of resources to get work, roles, and promotions
Perform technical feats in front of an audience even when you are frightened

Advice for Dancers is a result of Hamiltion's extensive research and years clinical work with dancers and includes information for a survey of more that 1,000 dancers from across the country.

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Advice for Dancers: Emotional Counsel and Practical Strategies (Hardcover)

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