The Level 2 Intensive Workshops allow you to focus and grow in each specific area of dance technique. Each one is delivered as a one or two day workshop, that can be taken in your area of interest. The classes typically run from 9am to 5pm, or 9am - 4pm for the two day workshops, which allows each area to be explored in greater detail and provides age appropriate progressions, modifications for injury & personal experience.
For the latest dates and locations of upcoming courses CLICK HERE or check out the individual listings at the bottom of this page.
Level 2 - Understanding and Managing
Hip Injuries in Dancers
For Dance Teachers and Health Professionals
Although chronic hip pain should never be a “normal thing” for young dancers, the reality is that many dancers all over the world are suffering from chronic hip pain with very little idea of what to do about it. Regular physical therapists and physiotherapists are often at a loss at what to do because of the complex nature of dance and can often only prescribe rest and recovery. We all know very well that this kind of news does not go down well at all with dancers, nor does it have a good outcome.
Hip pain and clicky hips come from a myriad of anatomical and technical faults, all of which must be identified and addressed. If these fundamental issues are not addressed in detail, the hip injury will tend to reoccur and continue to impede the dancer’s progress.
This course is specifically designed for teachers and therapists as it offers a valuable insight into the true nature of hip injuries and how best to deal with them inside and outside of the classroom. it also empowers both teachers and physio’s to work on these elements with all students to help prevent the initial symptom from becoming a full blown injury.
The full day intensive course covers:
- The common issues that lead to hip issues of all types
- Several common dysfunctions such as labral tears and clicky hips
- How to best work with these issues in class
- How to achieve both symptomatic relief and long term correction
- How to prevent these issues from occurring in other dance students
- Common dysfunctions such as labral tears and ‘clicky hips’
- Corrective exercises that students can still work through while still resting and recovering
- The early signs of injury on-set and the best ways to deal with these occurring in the dance student
- The best conditioning exercises that can be implemented into a student’s strengthening program to maintain optimal muscle firing
So, what makes this course different from other courses?
Lisa has been a dancer and has been working intensively with dance students for the past 18 years. She has an outstanding understanding of the dancer’s body and the expectations and stresses that are upon it. She has had years on invaluable hands on experience and has discovered hundreds of tips and tricks that will help you solve all of your students’ hip problems that she will share with you.
Not only do you learn the basic principles of injury, assessment and rehabilitation but you will get real hands on work including taping skills, massage technique and manual manipulations for therapists. Guided by Lisa, you will be able to confidently identify basic underlying problems and areas of tension throughout the hips and the rest of the body. Take your teaching and understanding of the dancer’s body to the next level and help your students get back to what they love doing!
This course is ideal for anyone who has students suffering from clicky hips, chronic back pain or marked restriction in mobility. It has proven to be a very helpful summary for helping us guide our own clients through their progression back to dancing in a logical and well thought out sequence. Many dancers are amazed at the wide variety of contributing factors that have been influencing their pain, but once it is laid out in a clear and easy to follow way, their rehab progresses much faster.
As with all of the Level Two courses you will get the most out of it with a good knowledge of some of the student programs, free articles, and Level One Teacher Training course.
Some helpful resources may include:
Level One Course & Memberds Portal
This two day intensive workshop will change how you work with dancers hips forever!
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Add to cartMORE INFO2 Day Flexibility Intensive- Level 2 Teacher Training, Calgary, Canada, Feb 2020
$550.00All prices are in AUD – Check the current exchange rate to your local currency HERE
Location: Crossings Dance
Address: #223, 229-153rd Ave, SE, Calgary, AB, Canada, T2X 2K2
Flexibility Intensive – Sunday 9th & Monday 10th February 2020
The Level 2 Dance Teacher Intensive Workshops allow you to focus and grow in each specific area of dance technique. Each one is delivered as a detailed two day workshop, that can be taken in your area of interest. These intensive classes allow each area to be explored in greater detail and provides age appropriate progressions, modifications for injury & personal experience.
Please Note: Level 2 Courses are designed as an extension of the Level 1 course. Please make sure to revise the content in Level 1 before attending.
If you are booking for more than one attendee, please make sure to use each attendee’s personal details (Name and Email) so that they are correctly registered and receive all of the appropriate information.
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Add to cartMORE INFO2 Day Pointe Intensive – Level 2 Teacher Training, Paris, France, June, 2020
$550.00Location: Studio Bio Pilates Paris
Address: 2 Rue Boyer, 75020 Paris, FranceThursday 18th June, 2020 9am to 4pm
Friday 19th June, 2020 9am to 4pmProgressing onto pointe is one of the biggest rites of passage a young dancer faces, it is often very exciting. However, it is also very challenging, and the excitement of that shiny new pair of shoes is often quickly soured with the onset of pain and blisters. But it does not have to be this way! Given a slow and carful preparation, along with a detailed assessment of the dancer before pointe work is introduced, it can be one of the most amazing times, and open up a whole new world of possibilities in dance.
During this two day Level 2 Teacher Training – Pointe Intensive training course you will learn:
- Details of the correct training and preparation for pointe work
- How to complete a thorough pre-pointe assessment
- Mobilisation techniques to safely improve pointe range
- Corrective exercises to achieve optimal alignment before commencing pointe work
- How to choose the right pointe shoe based on the biomechanics of the foot
- How to tailor the pointe shoe for a perfect fit
- Good foundation pointe exercises that will give the student excellent basic pointe technique
- How to prevent injuries on pointe
- Answers to all of the common questions asked about starting en pointe
Our Pointe Intensive is designed for both teachers and therapists!
If you are booking for more than one attendee, please make sure to use each attendee’s personal details (Name and Email) so that they are correctly registered and receive all of the appropriate information.
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Add to cartMORE INFOProtected: 2 Day Pointe Intensive – Level 2 Teacher Training, Sydney, AU, August, 2020
$450.00 AUDLocation: En Pointe Dance Academy
Address: 9a Resolution Drive, Caringbah, NSW,2229Saturday 29th August, 2020 9am to 4pm
Sunday 30th August, 2020 9am to 4pmProgressing onto pointe is one of the biggest rites of passage a young dancer faces, it is often very exciting. However, it is also very challenging, and the excitement of that shiny new pair of shoes is often quickly soured with the onset of pain and blisters. But it does not have to be this way! Given a slow and carful preparation, along with a detailed assessment of the dancer before pointe work is introduced, it can be one of the most amazing times, and open up a whole new world of possibilities in dance.
During this two day Level 2 Teacher Training – Pointe Intensive training course you will learn:
- Details of the correct training and preparation for pointe work
- How to complete a thorough pre-pointe assessment
- Mobilisation techniques to safely improve pointe range
- Corrective exercises to achieve optimal alignment before commencing pointe work
- How to choose the right pointe shoe based on the biomechanics of the foot
- How to tailor the pointe shoe for a perfect fit
- Good foundation pointe exercises that will give the student excellent basic pointe technique
- How to prevent injuries on pointe
- Answers to all of the common questions asked about starting en pointe
Our Pointe Intensive is designed for both teachers and therapists!
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Select optionsLevel 2 Intensive Series in Munich, GERMANY
$330.00 – $550.00All prices are in AUD – Check the current exchange rate to your local currency HERE
Location: Ballettzentrum Unterhaching Pirouette
Address: Südstraße 8, 82008 Unterhaching, Munich, Germany
Core Intensive – Friday 12th June 2020
Flexibility Intensive – Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th June 2020The Level 2 Intensive Workshops allow you to focus and grow in each specific area of dance technique. Each one is delivered as a full one or two day workshop, that can be taken in your area of interest. These intensive classes allow each area to be explored in greater detail and provides age appropriate progressions, modifications for injury & personal experience.
If you are booking for more than one attendee, please make sure to use each attendee’s personal details (Name and Email) so that they are correctly registered and receive all of the appropriate information.
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Select optionsLevel 2 Intensive Series in Oslo, Norway, March, 2020
$550.00All prices are in AUD – Check the current exchange rate to your local currency HERE
Location: Den Norske Opera & Ballett
Address: Kirsten Flagstads Pl. 1, N-0150 Oslo, NorwayPointe Intensive – Friday 20th & Saturday 21st March, 2020
Flexibility Intensive – Sunday 22nd & Monday 23rd March, 2020
The Level 2 Dance Teacher Intensive Workshops allow you to focus and grow in each specific area of dance technique. Each one is delivered as a detailed two day workshop, that can be taken in your area of interest. These intensive classes allow each area to be explored in greater detail and provides age appropriate progressions, modifications for injury & personal experience.
Please Note: Level 2 Courses are designed as an extension of the Level 1 course. Please make sure to revise the content in Level 1 before attending.
If you are booking for more than one attendee, please make sure to use each attendee’s personal details (Name and Email) so that they are correctly registered and receive all of the appropriate information.
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Select optionsLevel 2 Pointe & Flexibility Intensive Workshops in Brisbane, AU, April, 2020
$450.00 AUDLocation: Bayside Dance
Address: 2/264 Tingal Road, Wynnum, Brisbane, QLD, 4178Pointe Intensive – Wednesday 15th & Thursday 16th April 2020
Flexibility Intensive – Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th April 2020
The Level 2 Intensive Workshops allow you to focus and grow in each specific area of dance technique. Each one is delivered as a full one or two day workshop, that can be taken in your area of interest. These intensive classes allow each area to be explored in greater detail and provides age appropriate progressions, modifications for injury & personal experience.
If you are booking for more than one attendee, please make sure to use each attendee’s personal details (Name and Email) so that they are correctly registered and receive all of the appropriate information.
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