Finding Balance

by Gigi Berardi

Finding Fitness, Health, and Training for a Lifetime in Dance gives an overview of issues faced by all performing injury and treatment; technique and training; fitness; nutrition and diet; and career management. The text includes both easy-to-read overviews of each topic and "profiles" of well known dancers and how they have coped with these issues. The new edition Updated and new profiles. Expanded injury and injury treatment information. Updated dance science and physiology findings, and new references. Updated diet guidelines, Expanded and updated "Taking Control" section. It concludes with a list of selected dance/arts medicine clinics, a bibliography, glossary, and text notes.

304 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1991

About the author

A Fulbright scholar in Italy and professor at Western Washington University in Bellingham, GIGI BERARDI also teaches in Florence, Italy, the setting for Bianca’s Cure. The author of more than 400 reviews and articles for print and broadcast media, her work has been endorsed by Forbes and Foreword Reviews, as well as leading authors in food writing and fiction.

She's also published in numerous scientific journals such as BioScience, Ethnohistory, Human Ecology Review, Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, and Society and Natural Resources. Her articles and reviews have appeared in newspapers (Anchorage Daily News, Los Angeles Times, The Olympian), and her public radio features (for KSKA, Anchorage, Alaska) have been recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists. She is an elected member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors and maintains popular blogs at
https://gigiberardi.com/