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DIED. DAME NINETTE DE VALOIS, 102, formidable dance teacher, choreographer and founder of Britain's Royal Ballet; in London. De Valois was a classical ballerina by training, but as a director she often mounted wildly experimental productions, sending dancers to perform barefoot. A writer and an art lover, she sometimes brought drawings to life on her stage: Bar aux Folies-Bergere (1934), for instance, was inspired by a Manet painting of a Parisian lounge...
...fact, most children take yoga in addition to other sports. Solomon Powell, 15, says his yoga classes in Los Angeles--which include headstands, handstands and rigorous standing poses--have improved his skills in basketball. Chandler Taslitz, 7, takes ballet and jazz dance as well as yoga. "When I get wound up and crazy it helps me to be quieter and relaxed," she says. Her friend Ellery Garland adds that yoga has helped her focus on her homework...
...affects their growth system." There are no studies supporting that contention, but Christensen says there has not been enough time to assess yoga's long-term damage to young bodies. Hogwash, counter instructors like Marita Gardner-Anopol, who teaches yoga at preschools and elementary schools in New Jersey. "Does ballet interfere with natural changes in the body? Skiing? Ice skating?" says Gardner-Anopol. "Come on. Children are active from the time they are three...
Developed by a former Romanian ballet dancer, gyrotonics is popular among dancers and athletes, but it has also been used in Germany to help elderly patients with osteoporosis and spinal injuries. Mastering the machine isn't easy or inexpensive: it typically requires six to 10 one-on-one lessons, at $45 to $75 an hour. A smaller, foldable home version will be introduced in two months (available on www.gyrotonic.com) with an instruction video. Target price: a measly...
...fact, most children take yoga in addition to other sports. Solomon Powell, 15, says his yoga classes in Los Angeles - which include headstands, handstands and rigorous standing poses - have improved his skills in basketball. Chandler Taslitz, 7, takes ballet and jazz dance as well as yoga. "When I get wound up and crazy it helps me to be quieter and relaxed," she says. Her friend Ellery Garland adds that yoga has helped her focus on her homework...