A dance injury last Thursday led to the indefinite closure of the Ida Noyes Hall Dance Room, one of the most used dance spaces for RSOs. The dance room, located in the basement of Ida Noyes, had been ...

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“While the world sees the grace and beauty in a dance recital, I involuntarily spot muscle fatigue, and any possible strain on the dancer’s spine, knees and ankles,” said Prashanth Nagaraj, an ...

Seattle’s favorite scientist could be sidelined after suffering a knee injury on the popular TV show “Dancing With the Stars.” Producers say Bill Nye “The Science Guy” hurt his knee during his ...

A tear of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is often associated with a popping sound, a giving way and the nauseating feeling that something really bad just happened to one’s knee. When it happens ...

In theater, “break a leg” is a phrase used to wish a performer luck. But for ballet dancers, it isn’t simply an expression but an occupational reality. The intense physical demands of ballet put ...

Dancers put unique demands on their hips, achieving extreme ranges of motion that can strain the joints and damage supporting tissues around them. Not surprisingly, hip injuries account for up to 17% ...

Background Injuries present an important health problem in hip hop dance and there are a lack of studies investigating preventive measures in that sport. Objective we hypothesized that significantly ...

Darcy Lei, D.O., focuses on dance and performing arts health care in UC Health’s Department of Neurology & Rehabilitation Medicine. A former pre-professional ballerina, she knows the day-to-day injury ...

Strictly Come Dancing star Bobby Brazier has sustained his first dance injury. The EastEnders actor is taking part in the current series of the BBC One show, though it seems he may have been training ...