Recently I taught a class. It was the last class of the evening, and the dancers had been already dancing for quite a while that night.  I asked the girls to spread out to stretch (with plans for static stretching).  They expressed dissatisfaction with stretching at the very end of the night, because they were already “very warmed-up”.  I said, “that is good, that is one of the best times to stretch.”    Dance is a highly physical activity.  It can demand a high level of ath

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