Cool gear for cool weather.Warm-ups are essential dance gear. Layered or separate, they keep your body heated in drafty draft·y adj. draft·i·er, draft·i·est Having or exposed to drafts of air. draft  i·ly adv. theaters, protect injuries like chronically crunchy ankles or freshly pulled hamstrings, and reveal a dancer's personal sense of style. "I'm often wearing two pairs of pants, a dance top, a T-shirt, a long-sleeved tee and sometimes a sweatshirt, too. Then as the day goes on, I gradually strip," says Kimberley Cooper of Decidedly Jazz Danceworks in Calgary, Canada. Cooper, who is also DJD's artistic associate and resident choreographer, uses her warm-ups to take special care of her hips. "Sometimes I'll tie a legwarmer around a hip flexor flexor /flex·or/ (flek´ser)1. causing flexion. 2. a muscle that flexes a joint. flexor retina´culum see entries under retinaculum. to keep it extra warm," she says. Legwarmers especially get used various ways--long and straight, gathered at vulnerable ankles, tied around a stiff neck or worn from shoulder to wrist as arm-warmers. Boston Ballet soloist Romi Beppu likes to straight leg, rather than tapered, thigh-high warmers: "I pull them up and fold them over when I to look at my footwork, and they don't bunch." Here's a list of favorites, as well as some brand new fashions, to help you stay warm as the weather cools down. 1 Leo's Dancewear dance·wear n. Clothing such as leotards and warmup suits that are worn for dance practice and exercising. Acrylic legwarmers: $11 www.leosdancewear.com 2 Grishko 0 patterned shrug: $40; short: $24; thigh-high legwarmer: $28 www.grishko.com 3 Harmonie American Ballet Collection entrechat en·tre·chat n. A jump in ballet during which the dancer crosses the legs a number of times, alternately back and forth. [French, earlier entrechas, alteration (influenced by entre, romper: $64 www.harmoniedance.com 4 KD Dance Tank top: $26; dance pants: $24; electric shrug: $22; legwarmers: $26 www.kddance.com 5 Body Wrappers 3/4 sleeve off the shoulder pullover: $26; crop pant pant v. To breathe rapidly and shallowly. : $24 www.bodywrappers.com 6 Boedtcher Danish Dance Design Moredo knot pants: $85; Sorella knit jumpsuit: $70 www.boedtcher-design.com 7 UFO UFO: see unidentified flying objects. (United Functions and Objects) A programming language developed by John Sargeant at Manchester University, U.K. Wind fabric legwarmer: $22 www.ufocontemporary.com [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] |
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