Follow Up on Pilates for Dancers

I posted a couple of weeks ago a post on Pilates for Dancers which explained how dancers continue to do Pilates nowadays. I found a Wikipedia post about the founder of Pilates, Joseph Pilates, and how his technique helps strengthen the body. His technique trains the muscles to be used in a way to make them strong. The wikipedia post said that the founder of the company I dance for, George Balanchine, liked his dancers to go do pilates to help them become stronger. I added my thoughts to the Wikipedia post saying:


"Since George Balanchine believed that Joseph Pilates knew how to help his dancers become 
stronger with more stamina and flexibility, dancers around the world today continue to practice Joseph Pilates' methods. By practicing Pilates methods, dancers are now able to sufficiently control the movement of their bodies by creating flow through the use of appropriate transitions. Once precision has been achieved, the exercises are intended to flow within and into each other in order to build strength and stamina. In other words, the Pilates technique helps you become strong with the ability to move freely. 

Dancers who use Pilates breathing methods benefit greatly when they have a demanding performance. Today, certain ballets are taxing on the body, requiring a great amount of stamina to look elegant throughout the whole performance. Pilates' breathing is described as a posterior lateral breathing, meaning that the practitioner is instructed to breathe deep into the back and sides of his or her rib cage. When practitioners exhale, they are instructed to note the engagement of their deep abdominal and pelvic floor muscles and maintain this engagement as they inhale. Pilates attempts to properly coordinate this breathing practice with movement. By practicing this technique, dancers have the strength to withstand a difficult performance. 

Through the techniques of Joseph Pilates, dancers nowadays have an advantage of being stronger than ever before. "

After looking back at the post about Pilates on Wikipedia there were no changes made to my additions. I think the information I added was informative to the rest of the Wikipedia article. I added information that further explained the importance of pilates for dancers. I hope this information will help educate people on how wonderful pilates is!