Shoulders Back in Irish Dance
There isn’t one cure-all to keep your shoulders “back” in Irish dancing. Different imbalances in each dancer can cause the compensation...
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- Mar 31, 2022
- 3 min
Irish Dance Posture | part 4 - arms straight
Amazing Irish dance posture. You notice it as soon as a dancer steps onto the stage. In our posture blog series, we started breaking...
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- Mar 30, 2022
- 2 min
Irish Dance Posture | part 3 - arms in
We’ve started tapping into some of the foundational principles of excellent Irish dance posture by digging into how mobilizing and...
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- Mar 29, 2022
- 3 min
Irish Dance Posture | part 2
In part 1 of the blow, we focused on the importance of your core muscles to help support good Irish dance posture. Stabilizing your core...
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- Mar 28, 2022
- 4 min
Posture for Irish Dance | part 1
For Irish dance, a weak center or core (arms moving, body bending, shoulders twisting, etc) will make you less efficient while dancing. ...
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- Jan 31, 2020
- 3 min
Hear 'arms in' from your dance teachers? How to finally fix it!
Do your dance teachers constantly tell you to keep your arms in? Have you gone to feis after feis only to see 'arms in' written from...
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- May 29, 2019
- 3 min
Three Top Tips to Keep your Arms in for Irish Dance
Whether it be from judges or from teachers, you’ve probably heard the comment “keep your arms in” at least once in your dancing career...
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- May 17, 2018
- 2 min
SHOULDERS BACK exercise for Irish Dancers
Sitting at school/work all day and playing on our phones or working on the computer has caused a bit of a problem for Irish dancers -...
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- May 16, 2018
- 1 min
Is your dance teacher yelling "keep your arms in!"?
Does your dance teacher always yell at you to keep your arms in? If so, you may be missing one important muscle in your posture training,...
Target Training
- Jan 23, 2018
- 2 min
Bending Arms while you Irish dance?
Are you a dancer who bends their arms when they dance? Your elbows popping out on jumps and spins and your dance teacher constantly...
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- Jan 11, 2018
- 2 min
The #1 Skill Irish Dancers want to Improve…and how to FINALLY fix it!
I asked almost 200 dancers what the #1 skill they needed to improve on. There were three front runners far above the rest. But the #1...
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- Jan 9, 2018
- 1 min
Curve in Lower Back? You could be suffering from a common Irish dance problem
Have you ever noticed a large curve in your lower back? Or discomfort in your lower back when you’re dancing or training? You could be...
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- Nov 7, 2017
- 1 min
Core Stability Challenge for Irish Dance
Time to change up your core routine of hundreds of crunches and add these three stability core challenges to the mix. Through each one,...
Target Training
- Oct 16, 2017
- 1 min
Shoulders moving while you're dancing?
Are your shoulders moving while you're Irish dancing? Perform this one exercise to create strong & stable shoulders. INTERESTED IN IRISH...
Target Training
- Oct 4, 2017
- 2 min
SHOULDERS BACK: 2 easy exercises to fix this common Irish dance problem
SHOULDERS BACK!!! Have you heard your dance teacher yelling this at you? You try to correct it by squeezing your shoulders back but then...
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- Apr 26, 2017
- 2 min
An Essential Irish Dance Posture Exercise You May be Missing
This month on the Target Training Online Institute, we’re launching a 30 day posture challenge…the 30 Days to Improved Posture. So...
Target Training
- Jan 12, 2017
- 2 min
Perfecting Irish Dance Posture: "Shoulders Back"
Sitting at school or work all day and playing on our phones or working on the computer has caused a bit of a problem for Irish dancers -...
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- Oct 13, 2016
- 1 min
Key Exercises to Improve Irish Dance Posture
Before completing these key exercises to improve your Irish dance posture, check out our recent blog post, IMPROVE YOUR IRISH DANCE...
Target Training
- Oct 11, 2016
- 2 min
Improve your Irish Dance Posture with these 3 Tips
I was at the Pat Roche Feis & Windy City Feis this weekend and took a break from our Target Training booth to walk around and check out...
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