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Filed under:Uncategorized — posted by Lotta Lundgren on March 8, 2007 @ 11:59 am

A friend who works as a dancer in Holland asked me about the projects I’m involved in here in DC. She asked what I felt is most different between dancing here and there. I said that all the dancers that I’ve met here are much more health conscious.

She laughed thinking I ironically joked about unhealthy American food habits. I wasn’t joking at all. I explained that whereas the breaks at the Rotterdam Dansacademie consisted of 90% of the dancers and teachers running out for a quick smoke, the dancers here dig out little organic snacks from their backpacks to share with the group. She said that the only thing that could possibly make her quit smoking would be to feel like she’s the only one giving in to such a destructive habit. I said that’s pretty much the only reason I don’t run out to smoke during breaks anymore. She said she wanted to move here. I said she should.

I’ve been thinking about that it seems like that the dance community here in the US is much more linked to other communities like body awareness folks, yoga people, Feldenkreis practitioners, etc. And I think that generates an overall more Whole Foodsy dance community. The dance scene in Northern Europe is much more separate from these fields. But maybe this is special for DC? I wouldn’t know since DC is my only experience.

However, the switch from Marlboro Lights to little crackers and spicy pumpkin seeds is pleasant and very good for my lungs.

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This article (which is from ‘04, but still..) and starts like this:

“HOW DID YOU START YOUR DAY? With a couple of cigarettes and a soda? It’s a cliche by now, but in spite of many well-publicized Surgeon General warnings, it’s still a typical dancer’s breakfast.”


might me more relevant to dancers in Holland than here. It nevertheless talks about the fact that still, globally, so many dancers smoke.

104 comments »

  1. what component of dc dancers, the modern dancers, ballet dancers, jazz dancers, or hop hop dancers are this way or all of these? and of the modern component, are you speaking for organic/post modernists, improvisationalists, or the traditionalists (refined contemporary dance)?

    Comment by Anonymous Director — March 8, 2007 @ 12:55 pm

  2. I’m not speaking for anyone. All I’m saying is that almost all the dancers I know (who I would call…postmodern dancers probably) are non smokers and bring the coolest packages of snacks from I think Whole Foods. The one I work most with meditates before or after. It’s just different from the culture of going to the smoke room to lit up during rehearsal breaks. That’s all.

    Comment by Lotta Lundgren — March 8, 2007 @ 1:04 pm

  3. no disagreement on my part. :o ) i was just curious. i think this was a good topic to post today by the way. i am for health. smoking amoung dancers, theater types, and performers seems so “old school”. i remember also how some of my early teachers would smoke during class! Geesh how I hated that!

    Comment by Anonymous Director — March 8, 2007 @ 1:10 pm

  4. Ah, cool. Sorry to be defensive. It’s hard to now what can and should be written about here. Personally I think it can be anything. Have a good one, AD!

    Comment by Lotta Lundgren — March 8, 2007 @ 1:19 pm

  5. yeah spicy pumpkin seeds and thai peanuts, and indian snacks and home-made cookies!

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