Think of it….you’ve dreamed, envisioned, and practiced for this moment your entire life.  The curtain is about to go up on your first performance at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Nervous?  Butterflies?  shaking? Mind racing?  How can your body react, move, and create when your mind is working against you?

Now picture the end of the performance.  What’s waiting for you?? Reviews, criticism, judging, and then, perhaps more auditions.

Many of the components of a successful mental game in sports apply to dancers, singers, and performing artists, too, as we explore in this week’s episode of the Athlete’s Audio Academy. Our guest, Chantale Lussier, is herself a graduate of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s Professional Division Teachers’ Course, and has served the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School’s Professional Division (2002-2004) and now The School of Dance (2005-present). Since 2009, Chantale has taken a seat on the National Committee of Physical and Health Education Canada’s Dance Professional Advisory Committee. She makes a convincing case for developing a sense of identity, self-awareness, and the ability to calm the mind. Chantale has been working with dancers, artists, and athletes for 7 years, and to inquire about how she can help you develop your mind to get the best out of yourself, and your art, look her up at elysianinsight.ca [display_podcast]