The Dance Lab
Dance Lab Courses
The Dance Lab: Pointe Foundations
When: December 22, 23, 29, 30, 2pm-3pm
This course is an intensive 4-day training program designed to prepare young ballet dancers for the demands of pointe work.
It is for early or pre-pointe dancers who are eager to feel stable in pointe shoes, improve balance away from the barre, jump higher, turn better, dance longer, and commit to their art!
The focus of this program will be on calf strength, balance and neuromuscular control, trunk strength, and lower extremity alignment.
Dancers will go home with home programs to continue strengthening independently after the course.
This course is limited to 8 dancers, and each dancer will get a 10% discount off of a pre-pointe safety screening with Dr. Allyson!
*Dancers must book pre-pointe safety screening within 3 months of course.
Dance Lab Services
90-Minute New Evaluations
Your first session with us involves a hands-on evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment plan creation.
60-Minute Performance Session
We create a custom and interactive program designed to maximize your physical performance.
Everything is tailored to your personal goals and needs.
Assessments & Screenings
60-Minute Dance Screening
This screening is for our performing artists and dancers.
This includes balance, strength and movement testing to optimize performance.
Our goal is to obtain baseline information, look for potential injury predictors and promote dance optimization.
This could include specific pre-pointe evaluation as well!
Please call 269.447.2672 or use our Contact Page to arrange group discounts and on-site options!
Meet your Dance Lab Expert!
Dr. Allyson Lowis
PT, DPT, COMT, LMT, Cert.MDT
Dr. Allyson is a Kalamazoo native and graduated from Hope College with a BA in Exercise Science and a minor in dance in 2012. While at Hope she was in the pre-professional dance company dANCEpROjECT, now known as H2. After Hope she earned her massage therapy license before going on to Central Michigan University where she graduated with her Doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2017.
Allyson is a Certified Orthopedic Manual Therapist, McKenzie certified, LSVT Big certified, a member of the international association for dance medicine and science (IADMS), and has attended additional courses specializing in treating dancers.
Allyson believes that movement is some of the very best medicine and is passionate about helping people move more efficiently while ENJOYING the movement!
