DANCER’S INJURY AND DANCER’S THERAPY

After graduating from with a B.S. from Arizona State University, Mitch jumped into the dance world, first with three scholarships at local ballet studios and then spending four years professionally dancing with four modern dance and one ballet company in Phoenix and Tucson. He felt first hand the dramatic affects of good bodywork, resculpting his own athletic body, (3 years of high school wrestling & track and field,) into a dancer’s body along with daily dance class.

Mitch began his dancers massage therapy and dance injury treatment providing massage therapy for The Dance Theater of Harlem, “A Chorus Line,” (1st International touring company,” Rudolf Nureyev (Greek Theater)

Mr. Gries moved his practice to Los Angeles and worked with American Ballet Theater including Mikhail Baryshnikov, Natasha Makarova, Fernando Bujones, Carla Fracci, Later that year he provided muscular therapy for the Royal Ballet including Anthony Dowell, David Wall, Georgina Parkinson, Leslie Collier, Lynn Seymour & Merle Park.

Mitch treating Baryshnikov for Baryshnikov On Broadway tv special.

CHICAGO Pantages Spring
Baryshnikov at Hollywood Bowl ’79, “Baryshnikov on Broadway” ’82
Royal Ballet ’78/79 LA, National Ballet of Canada ’88 Western tour,
Riverdance 2006 Pantages, La Cage Aux Folles LA ’84-85 Pantages,
Kirov Ballet ’03 S. Cal tour, Stars of the Russian Ballet ’98 Cal. tour
Michael Jackson’s “THRILLER,”
“CATS” &“Sophisticated Ladies” Shubert.
Mattew Bournes’ Swan Lake/Cinderella, Play W/Out Words Ahmanson & “FOSSE”
Paris Opera Ballet ’95 /97, Cirque du Soleil’s Drallion
Topol & the cast of Fiddler on the Roof
Dirty Dancing, Pantages
Baryshnikov for his Chekov performances 2015
Circus 1903 Pantages Feb. 2017
Paul Taylor Dance Company Music Center 2022

Please consider including Neuromuscular Massage Therapy into your busy schedule to maintain the joy of performing, the amount of staging you do can stress the body, leaving your muscles feeling tired & painful, eventually damaging fibers, interfering with your ability to be at your best on-stage.

St. John Neuromuscular therapy is the most precise, comprehensive & deep tissue soft tissue treatment available. Restore proper muscle length/strength, alleviate pain/ inflammation, enhance muscle tone, facilitate greater flexibility range of motion and promote rapid healing of injuries. Dance to your potential with fresh legs.

Provide Your Dancers With Qualified Muscular Therapy

There’s hardly ever a question as to whether there’ll be a make-up artist, hair stylist, and wardrobe people, so why not provide a muscular therapist on the set to take care of your dancer’s bodies.

Realize that on the set of film or T.V. your dancers don’t have the luxury of going from class to stage, but usually get cold by sitting around for hours, or doing take after take after take and then are expected to dance full out on hard floors, performing your choreography on film for posterity.

For over the past 40 years I have been enhancing the quality of dance productions by reducing tension/fatigue, keeping muscles supple/strong, and thus preventing injury. I have also come in on emergency calls to treat injuries and kept productions rolling.

All major ballet companies have in their contracts a provision for a full-time muscular therapist. Broadway musicals with considerable amounts of dance provide muscular therapy.

You as the choreographer can demand from your producers to have muscular therapy on set. It is not only practical but really a necessity. Your work will stand a better chance of resembling what you best imagined and your dancers will appreciate the care you have provided them.

I can be there all day, half day, or come in for a few hours during a dinner break and treat several of your dancers with 10-20 minute sessions.

Muscular therapy on set is affordable, it just has to be first considered and then asked for. I’d be happy to help you present this idea to your producers, advising you with budgets and scheduling.

Mitch Gries has worked with world-class dancers, the ultimate athletes, (strength with grace.) He also has treated many athletes from the NBA, NFL, professional tennis players, and the USC Men’s Swim Team. Mitch has worked with athletes such as Kobe Bryant, Wilt Chamberlin, and Terrell Owens.

Highest grade and most potent CBD ointment available for treatment.

Please call Mitch Gries at Office: 323-851-3508, Cell: call or text 323-864-7050 or email at MitchGries@gmail.com.

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DANCER’S INJURY AND DANCER’S THERAPY

Mitch began his dancers massage therapy and dance injury treatment providing massage therapy for The Dance Theater of Harlem, “A Chorus Line,” (1st International touring company,” Rudolf Nureyev (Greek Theater)

CHICAGO Pantages Spring

Baryshnikov at Hollywood Bowl ’79, “Baryshnikov on Broadway” ’82

Royal Ballet ’78/79 LA, National Ballet of Canada ’88 Western tour,

Riverdance 2006 Pantages, La Cage Aux Folles LA ’84-85 Pantages,

Kirov Ballet ’03 S. Cal tour, Stars of the Russian Ballet ’98 Cal. tour

Michael Jackson’s “THRILLER,”

“CATS” &“Sophisticated Ladies” Shubert.

Mattew Bournes’ Swan Lake/Cinderella, Play W/Out Words Ahmanson & “FOSSE”

Paris Opera Ballet ’95 /97, Cirque du Soleil’s Drallion

Topol & the cast of Fiddler on the Roof

Dirty Dancing, Pantages

Baryshnikov for his Chekov performances 2015

Circus 1903 Pantages Feb. 2017

Paul Taylor Dance Company Music Center 2022

Please consider including Neuromuscular Massage Therapy into your busy schedule to maintain the joy of performing, the amount of staging you do can stress the body, leaving your muscles feeling tired & painful, eventually damaging fibers, interfering with your ability to be at your best on-stage.

Provide Your Dancers With Qualified Muscular Therapy

There’s hardly ever a question as to whether there’ll be a make-up artist, hair stylist, and wardrobe people, so why not provide a muscular therapist on the set to take care of your dancer’s bodies.

Realize that on the set of film or T.V. your dancers don’t have the luxury of going from class to stage, but usually get cold by sitting around for hours, or doing take after take after take and then are expected to dance full out on hard floors, performing your choreography on film for posterity.

For over the past 40 years I have been enhancing the quality of dance productions by reducing tension/fatigue, keeping muscles supple/strong, and thus preventing injury. I have also come in on emergency calls to treat injuries and kept productions rolling.

All major ballet companies have in their contracts a provision for a full-time muscular therapist. Broadway musicals with considerable amounts of dance provide muscular therapy.

You as the choreographer can demand from your producers to have muscular therapy on set. It is not only practical but really a necessity. Your work will stand a better chance of resembling what you best imagined and your dancers will appreciate the care you have provided them.

I can be there all day, half day, or come in for a few hours during a dinner break and treat several of your dancers with 10-20 minute sessions.

Muscular therapy on set is affordable, it just has to be first considered and then asked for. I’d be happy to help you present this idea to your producers, advising you with budgets and scheduling.

Mitch Gries has worked with world-class dancers, the ultimate athletes, (strength with grace.) He also has treated many athletes from the NBA, NFL, professional tennis players, and the USC Men’s Swim Team. Mitch has worked with athletes such as Kobe Bryant, Wilt Chamberlin, and Terrell Owens.

Highest grade and most potent CBD ointment available for treatment.

Please call Mitch Gries at Office: 323-851-3508, Cell: call or text 323-864-7050 or email at MitchGries@gmail.com.