Re-learning to deactivate: SAFE® and dancers

The body’s innate wisdom is vast, layered and not something that science fully understands quite yet. Yet, some movement methodologies have gotten close to that comprehensive understanding — forms such as SAFE® (or Spine Advanced Functional Empowerment, which includes both SAFE® BARRE and SAFE® FLOOR), developed by former Principal Dancer for the Deutshe Oper Berlin Alexandre Munz (and later validated by scientists).Alex Munz. Photo by Rufender Kranich.Dance cal