The power and benefits of dance are endless for all areas of life. Football player Alvin Hill suffered from a knee injury and was recommended to take yoga classes to help him recover. Soon afterwards, the yoga teacher, Collette Krogol convinced him to sign up for her ballet class at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland.
“‘It helps him in understanding himself and being responsible for himself and how he’s executing the movement,’ Krogol said. ‘But also recognizing that there’s all these other people moving around him, and how does he navigate the space to be able to move through the vocabulary that I’m asking him to.'”
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http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/terps/bs-sp-terps-alvin-hill-0930-20160929-story.html