Overstretching & Flexibility - How Much Is Too Much?

09/30/21 • 74 min

Making The Impact - A Dance Competition Podcast

Guests - Mary Roberts and Christine Jones

Hosted By - Courtney Ortiz and Lesley Mealor

In Episode 71 of Making The Impact - A Dance Competition Podcast, your hosts discuss the trends of overstretching and extreme flexibility with special guests Mary Roberts, IDA judge and jazz dance educator, and Christine Jones, owner of mUvmethod, a progressive conditioning program for dancers.

Topics Include:

True definitions of overstretching and hypermobility
Safer ways to achieve flexibility
Thoughts on stretching tools

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Christine Jones - @muvmethod

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The Stretch Solution - mUvmethod's Level 1 flexibility training program, which trains instructors in the fundamentals of safe and effective stretching and provides access to our comprehensive weekly stretch curriculum for dancers ages 5 and up.

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Guests - Mary Roberts and Christine Jones

Hosted By - Courtney Ortiz and Lesley Mealor

Topics Include:

True definitions of overstretching and hypermobility
Safer ways to achieve flexibility
Thoughts on stretching tools

Follow your Hosts & Guests!

Courtney Ortiz - @courtney.ortiz
Lesley Mealor - @miss.lesley.dance
Mary Roberts - @msmaryroberts
Christine Jones - @muvmethod

Learn more about mUvmethod and their courses!

This episode is sponsored by:

Join our NEW Facebook Group and connect with us! Making The Impact - A Dance Competition Podcast Community

Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! We would love to hear from you!

Join our Newsletter for weekly episode releases straight to your inbox!

Follow Impact Dance Adjudicators on social media @impactdanceadjudicators and for a list of affiliated dance competitions, visit our website at www.impactdanceadjudicators.com

Support the show

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TikTok in the Dance World - Featuring Kausha Campbell & Nick Silverio

Guests - Kausha Campbell and Nick Silverio

Hosted By - Courtney Ortiz and Lesley Mealor

In Episode 70 of Making The Impact - A Dance Competition Podcast, the TikTok phenomenon is the name of the game! Joined by TikTok sensations Kausha Campbell and Nick Silverio, Courtney and Lesley chat about how these two former competitive dancers transitioned into the world of social media!

Topics Include:

The early days of dance for Kausha and Nick
Their TikTok origin stories
How being TikTokkers has changed their lives
The benefits and detriments of so much social media influence on dancers

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Kausha Campbell - @kausha_campbell
Nick Silverio - @nicksilverioo

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Check out some of the videos we watched in the episode!

Kausha's First TikTok
Kausha's Shuffle Swap
Carl's Jr. BLT Ranch
Nick's First TikTok
Nick's 5 Least Favorite Dance Competition Moves
Emcee Announcing Next Category

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Next Episode

Q&A with Courtney LIVE - October Edition

For our first Q&A with Courtney LIVE episode of Season 3, Courtney is joined by IDA Judge Joey Ortolani to sit down and answer your questions on topics including:

What dance parents should know before investing in competitive dance
The ingredients to a winning routine
Studio habits judges see at competition
How to know when it is time to change studios
Career options for Dancers

If you love Making The Impact and want to support our podcast, buy us a coffee now on Ko-Fi! Your donation will go directly towards helping us create quality content for future episodes. We appreciate your support! ❤️

This episode is sponsored by:

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