Pilates for Dancers Instructor Guide, 53 Exercises, Turnout Check (PDF)

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Every correction you know was written for the client who does too little. Then a dance school asks you for a Pilates hour, and the dancers do too much: they turn out when you ask for parallel, point when you ask for a flexed foot, push back into their knees at the end of every press and arch into the line they are praised for next door. This guide tells you what a dancer will do instead of each exercise, the one change that redirects it, where her turnout really comes from, and which pains go straight to her doctor.

A 68-page illustrated reference for qualified Pilates teachers. Mat, reformer, chair and tower, for dancers from 12 up: vocational students, recreational dancers of any age and professionals cross-training.

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WHAT'S INCLUDED
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✔ The Exercise Index: 53 mat, reformer, chair and tower exercises, each with what a dancer will do instead, the one thing to watch, the one change, why, the dance skill it prepares, and a relative spring
✔ The Habit Map: 17 trained dance habits (turned out, sickled, locked knees, gripping the seat, ribs open, performing with the head, dancing it to the count) with a cue to say and the pain that stops the work
✔ The Turnout Check: 6 checks you run by eye, no goniometer, that show whether her turnout comes from the hip, the knee or the foot, and what that changes in your class
✔ Route-outs: 16 signs at the back, hip, knee, ankle and foot, plus the energy and mood signs, each with what to do now and who it goes to
✔ The Season Dial: what the class does in the build, the run-in to a show, show week, after, a break and the return
✔ 19 dance-school situations with what to do and what not to do: the ballet teacher who wants their splits deeper, pointe shoes in the bag, a parent's question about weight
✔ 10 sessions for the dance-school conditioning hour, from the first class to show week
✔ 20 line drawings of a dancer in the redirected positions and 6 diagrams (the inversion, the habit map, where turnout comes from, parallel and the Pilates V, the route-out sites, the season dial), plus a sources list

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PERFECT FOR
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• Pilates teachers asked to run a conditioning class for a dance school
• Teachers with a vocational student sent to them for "core and turnout"
• Studios near a dance school with dancers in their mixed classes
• Pilates-trained dance teachers adding a Pilates hour to the timetable

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WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT
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✓ Every exercise starts from what the dancer will actually do, so you see the habit before the first rep ends
✓ One change per exercise, never a list, and nothing in the book asks a dancer for more range
✓ The Turnout Check gives you something concrete to tell the dance teacher about where her student's turnout comes from
✓ The route-outs are written for you: what you saw, where it goes, and you never name a condition
✓ Grounded in dance science (turnout research, hypermobility guidance for dance teachers, dance injury and training load studies), with the sources listed

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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• Instant digital download: one PDF, 68 A4 pages
• Read on a tablet or print the pages you use
• Springs are given as relative loads with the reason, so the guide works on any machine
• This is a digital file. Nothing physical will be posted

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DISCLAIMER
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For qualified Pilates teachers. This guide does not diagnose and is not medical advice. Every sign that routes out goes to the dancer's doctor or physiotherapist, and for a dancer under 18 to the parent that day; a disclosure about mood or eating goes to the dance school's safeguarding lead. Pointe readiness, dance technique and casting are decisions for the dance teacher. Requirements for teaching minors differ by country and school and are yours to confirm.