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Mary Helen Bowers

American Dancer

Born: 1979

Ballet Beautiful Life Me Work You

Related authors: Alvin Ailey JoJo Siwa Katherine Dunham Martha Graham Merce Cunningham Mikhail Baryshnikov Misty Copeland Twyla Tharp

Ballet Beautiful is about finding balance and making fitness a part of your life in a happy, healthy, rewarding way where you get to feel pretty and look beautiful. It's not about beating yourself up in the gym and locking yourself in a dark room with blasting music. Mary Helen Bowers

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A lot of fitness has that very masculine energy and drive, and that never worked for me. I want to be challenged. I don't want to be told that I'm terrible and that I suck and that I'm not good enough - that's not motivating. Mary Helen Bowers

Fitness Good Me Drive Not Good Enough Energy Enough Never Masculine Terrible Motivating Lot Very Want Worked Suck Challenged

I launched Ballet Beautiful not long after finishing at Columbia and met Natalie Portman shortly after. We began training and preparing her for her role in 'Black Swan.' From there, I continued to build and expand the method itself along with the business, always looking for ways to share the workout with others around the world. Mary Helen Bowers

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For ballet dancers, style is about melding personal expression with physical form. Mary Helen Bowers

Style Dancers Physical About Ballet Personal Personal Expression Form Expression

A simple scoop-neck leotard highlights a ballerina's swanlike neck and elegant posture, both rooted in a powerful core. Mary Helen Bowers

Simple Posture Both Highlights Powerful Ballerina Rooted Elegant Neck Core

For a ballerina, the center of balance is everything - creating a strong center of balance begins with building strong abdominal muscles. Mary Helen Bowers

Balance Strong Building Everything Ballerina Begins Center Creating Muscles

Carrying a baby is such hard work, I've found that the stronger I am, the better I feel. Mary Helen Bowers

Work Hard Work Better Stronger Baby Carrying Feel Am Hard Found

I think most people don't need as much cardio as they think they do. Mary Helen Bowers

People Think Most Much Cardio Need

I find that the thing that makes every body look the best is great toning, and really, really targeting the muscles, and low cardio, where you're sculpting and getting your heart rate up but not beating yourself up. Mary Helen Bowers

Best Great You Heart Yourself Every Find Rate Beating Look Makes Up Heart Rate Targeting Getting Where Low Really Sculpting Body Your Thing Cardio Muscles Toning

I don't believe in depriving myself; it's an unhealthy state of mind. Mary Helen Bowers

Myself Mind Believe State Unhealthy Depriving

When you dance, you engage your abs in every step. Mary Helen Bowers

You Dance Every Every Step Step Engage Your

A lot of fitness is about contractions - you're doing squats, or you're on a bike and your knees are bending but never stretching all the way, so your muscles get strengthened but look short and thick. Mary Helen Bowers

Fitness You Stretching Bending Way About Never Knees Look Doing Lot Get Short Bike Your Thick Strengthened Muscles

I don't let my wardrobe dictate my diet. Mary Helen Bowers

Dictate Diet Wardrobe

I find that healthy eating makes me feel happier, stronger, and more confident. Mary Helen Bowers

Me Stronger Healthy Find Eating More Feel Makes Confident Happier

When you're wearing pointe shoes, honestly, they hurt - a lot - every day. Mary Helen Bowers

Day You Hurt Every Day Shoes Every Honestly Wearing Lot

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