Nutrition for Dancers: Basics, Performance Enhancement, Practical Tips

Dancers are top performance athletes on stage – to keep fit and
healthy proper nutrition is an integral part of an optimal dance
training. Nutrition for Dancers provides the principles of nutrition
for dancers of all genres. Authors Liane Simmel and Eva-
Maria Kraft clarify widespread nutritional mistakes and give
advice on how a healthy diet can be incorporated into the everyday
life of dancers.

Liane Simmel, MD, runs an institute for dance medicine, Fit for Dance. The former dancer is now a doctor of dance medicine and was the president of the German Dance Medicine Association for many years.

Eva-Maria Kraft is a certified nutritional expert with the specialization in dance, but also a dance teacher and freelance dancer. She gives nutritional courses and seminars in professional training centres for dance, acting, and musical performance.