Tag: dancer health

What Type of Massage Is Right for You?

Before each Pacific Northwest Ballet show at Seattle’s McCaw Hall, the green room is full of stretching dancers—and massage therapists. “If a dancer is about to go out onstage but their calf is hurting, we get them on the table, loosen up the calf and send them out,” says Christopher Kagen, LMP, who coordinates massage […]

Clean Sweep

There’s a good chance you’ve forgotten about the stage makeup that’s been sitting in your closet since last season. But if you don’t give your beauty products a close look before show time, you could end up with a nasty eye infection and blotchy-looking skin. We asked professional makeup artist Tonya Noland just how long […]