Christmas, birthdays, anniversaries or an achieved mile stone… It always comes down to the same question: What are good gifts for dancers?
Read this article and you will be full of ideas what to get your dance passionate loved one.
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6 gifts for dancers - The must-haves
1. Bag for dance shoes
To transport their dance shoes savely, dancers need the right bag. A shoe bag keeps the shoes from getting dirty, but on the same time allow them to air out. Defenitely a very useful dance gift.
If you plan on gifting dance shoes, be careful to buy the right ones though!
2. Emergency Kit for Dancers
Dancing is a sport and can be even a very dangerous one. But more often then serious injouries are blisters, broken nails, overstreched muscles and bumps and bruises.
To be prepared for all the little inconveniences, create an emergency kit for your beloved dancer. It should contain waterproof band-aids, a cooling pack, sissors, a pain gel, maybe even some pain killers and glucose tabs.
3. Note book
Every dancers needs a place where to put all his ideas!
Whether it’s the new choreography, a video analysis or information of the recent lesson: writing it down is key. On Amazon you find a huge collection of dance-themed note books.
4. The perfect dance bag
The bag of a dancer is like carrying around their whole life. Most dancers are always on the run and they bring a lot of stuff within their dance bag.
So you might want to choose a high quality sports bag with a lot of storing opportunities.
The bag from sportsnew has different departments for wet and dry clothing as well as a speparate shoe compartment and two water bottle pockets.
There are many colours to choose from, so it’s the right choice for male and female dancers.
5. Hair kit: five-in-one gifts for dancers
Is there something more annoying then trying to be fully concentrated on the performance while having hair in the eyes, ears and just all over the face?
A hair kit is a super useful gift idea, to make the life of a dancer a little easier. You’ll find it even for different hair colours.
6. Water bottle
As always when doing sports, hydration is important. The water bottles of
11 gifts for dancers - A practice upgrade
1. Practice wear
Practice wear is the one thing no dancer has ever enough. If you are looking for gifts for dancers, you found your go-to solution.
The only two things you need to know for buying practice wear, are the dance style of your beloved one and their approximate size. Most dancers are wearing XS or S though.
If you are not sure what to get, a classic black leotard is always a save choice.
2. Stretch band
Stretch bands are one of the most usful gadgets for a dancer and make a great gifts!
They can be used for stretching exercises, for strengthening, to build up speed and resistance.
You can even get the band in the favorit colour of your dancer!
3. Leg warmers
Leg warmers are essentail for a dancer’s warm-up routine – especially in winter. They are not only a fashionable gadget, but help to keep the feet warm and prevent from injuries.
With this dance gift idea, you can get super creative. Leg warmers exists in all colours, lenghts and even with some printing!
4. Blackroll and co.
I once read a study about the effects of streching, magnesium and the usage of a foam roll after training, to prevent from sore muscles. It turned out, that using a foam roll for around 15 minutes after practice was most effectively helping against muscle pain. (I’ll link the study here, as soon as I find it)
Personally me, I find a set of different foam rollers most convenient as a gift idea for dancers.
The set of DOTHIS consists of a body roller, a spiky rolling ball and a peanut rolling ball. Dancers can roll out the entire body and give a special focus to the feet and the back.
5. Balance board
Dancers need to work a lot on their balance. A good gadget to practice stability is a balance board.
The board from My Balance has a non-slip surface and comes with a mat to prevent the board from slipping on the ground. A nice extra is the free e-book with many exercices to practice balance.
6. Dance exercise ball
In dance styles like ballet, modern, jazz, latin dancing and so on the feet action is very important. Having strong feet and a nice arch requires a lot of work though.
A dance exercise ball can help to build up strengh and make the feet more flexible. On Instagram and YouTube are tons of videos with exercises for the feet with an exercise ball. This little dance gift can totally upgrade the practice of your dancer.
7. Fitness tracker
A fitness tracker is actually a nice gift idea for everybody who loves sports, not just for dancers.
A fitness tracker for dancers though needs the special functing of tracking the dance activities.
The fitness tracker by DoSmarter has 20 different sport modes and trackes besides the normal functions like heart rate, steps and calories also the sleep quality, womens cycle and the blood oxygen.
With the waterproof fitness tracker can control your music and camera as well as recieve notifications from your phone. And my favorite option is the choice between a black and a beautiful purple design
8. Turn board
A turn board helps to practice pirouetts and balance. The best thing is, it is small enough to bring it wherever you want. Practicing turns will be possible at home, in hotels, in the gym and many other places!
Turnboards make therefore very useful gifts for dancers of all genres.
9. Warm boots
Starting to dance with cold feet is not just veeeery painful, it can be also dangerous. You know how your hands feel in winter, when you went out for a long walk without any gloves?
Right, you feel like you have no control of your movements.
Dancers need to have warm feet before putting on pointe shoes, heels or dancing barefoot. Warm boots help to keep the feet cozy and warm during a warm-up or a break and make therefore a perfect gift for dancers!
10. Sport psychology book
Sport psychology and mental training gets more and more important for athletes. Consulting a psychologist can get very expensive though if it’s not covered by an institution.
The book “The Brave Athlete: Calm the F*ck Down and Rise to the Occasion” deals with the 13 most common mental obstacles athletes face in their everyday life. It gives practical exercises to implement strategies in the training and change the way of thinking.
I think every dancer should have the possibility to learn how to control their thoughts and minds!
11. Beauty bag: glamour gifts for dancers
Hair ties, lipstick, deodorant, parfume, hair brushes… Dance is an aesthetic sport and every dancers keeps beauty products in his bag.
This makes a personalized beauty bag such a good gift idea for dancers! Get a nice bag and fill it with everything your dancer loves. This will be a super fun gift!
6 gifts for dancers - The dance lifestyle
1. Music subscription: grooving gifts for dancers
Finding good music to dance on is not always easy. Most dancers subscribe to platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Premium to find thriving songs.
Help your dancer out with the costs of a subscription and get a gift card for their plattform. You can one buy it in every big supermarket or send them even via mail even through Amazon, if you’re in a hurry.
2. Tripod
More and more dancers get active on social media, to show their skills, become more visuable and even create another income stream. Tripods are a must-have for every social media creator.
But even in the dance practice tripods are very useful. Taking videos and analyze them makes part of the training programm of many dancers.
A tripod is probably one of the more unexpected, but super useful gift ideas for dancers. Make your dancer happy and give his videos a boost!
3. Athlete cook book
Like any other athlete, dancers must keep an eye on their diet. Eating the right things can be challanging, especially when you’re not a nutrition expert.
A cookbook just for athletes can help with finding recepies, keeping track on calories and eating enough proteins. Therefore it makes a perfect gift for dancers.
The cookbook “Fuel your body” contains 77 simple, nutritious, whole-food recipes for every athlete. And even if you look for vegetarian, glutenfree or vegan cookbooks, you will find great books on Amazon.
4. Garment bag
When dancers travel to dance competitions or shows, they will need to bring their costumes. Often they were very expenisve and are made of delicate materials.
That’s when the garment bag comes into the game. It protects the costume from wrinkling and makes it easy to transport. You can even personalize it, with a name on it.
5. Bluetooth headphones
Well, dancers dance on music – this is not a secret. But imagine, you want to practice your choreography while there are 10 other people in the dance hall, all wanting to use the music station.
Help your dancer out with bluetooth headphones! They are just perfect for going through your steps. Holding a phone in your hand or getting tangled up in the headphone cable will be the past.
6. Gift card from a dance shop
One of the safest gifts for dancers is to make them choose what they want. With a gift card they have full access to dance dresses, dance shoes and many more.
Just make a little research which dance shops are near you or choose a bigger one with an online shop.
6 gifts for dancers - Time to relax
1. Spa gift card
A woderful way to relax is a day in a Spa! You can go together or alone – in any case your dancer will have a beautiful day. Just check which spas are located area, for sure you will find one, that fits your budget.
2. Massage pistol
A lot of dancers already use massage pistols to release uptightend muscles. They can be used during or after practice, before a show or even during a competiton. This gift for dancers can not only help to relax, but have an effective impact on the dance performance.
3. Netflix
Who doesn’t like to chill on the couch and have a marathon of their favorite series? Watching movies is one of the best methods to forget about a stressful day.
A Netflix abo is one of the gift ideas for dancers, that will fit for every personality! You can either get a gift card or even start a new subscription. In any case, you will make somebody very happy.
Read as well: 15 amazing dance movies on Netlix to watch in 2022
4. Wellness box: 6+ gifts for dancers
A cute and very personal gift idea for dancers is a relax package. You can put in, everything you like!
Just get a nice bag and put in some massage oil, bubble baths, tea, candels and maybe even some wine and chocolate. You can even create a playlist and put in the printed QR code.
Just use your creativity and make your dancer happy.
5. Audible Subscription
The most dancers are always out in the world and travel a lot. Audiobooks can make the time spent in a bus, train, car or airplane a little bit more pleasant.
With and Audible Abonnement you get access to more than 500.000 audiobooks and podcasts. The trail includes 30 days for free, after you pay around 10€ per month.
6. Massage gift card
A great way to relax tensed muscles are professional massages. Neck, Shoulders, Back, Legs… there is always a body part of a dancer, that could use a little relaxation.
Get your dancer a gift card for a massage and you help with their physical well-being!
3 gifts for dancers - Decoration and favorite items
1. Keychain
A super cute dance gift is a keychain in shape of a ballet shoe! They are available in different colours and shapes. And if you want to go totally crazy, you can even glue on rhinestones or decorate them with drawings.
I orderd the ones by Bloch already myself and was super satisfied. But also other companies have cute keychains, it all depends on what style you are searching for.
2. Personalized drawing
Personalized drawings are not only a pretty and decorative dance gifts, they are also amazing memories ready, for being taken home.
On Etsy you find a huge selection of personalized drawings. I personally love the work of DominoDesignStudio. They make beautiful prints of dance teams, from two persons up to 15.
3. Photo shooting: memorable gifts for dancers
Artists produce drawings, singers produce CDs, and dancers produce …? Well dancers rarely get to bring something home from their performances. Help your dancer to make their art touchable and gift him a dance photo shooting!
You might want to look for a photographer who is already experienced in more active photo shootings. Instagram and a short google research should lead you to the right photographer.
4. Dance Pictures: decorative gifts for dancers
More affordable than a whole photo shoot is getting a nice print of an already existing photo.
There are tons of platforms where you can upload your picture and get it printed in a big format with high quality. For the best outcome, make sure that your uploaded file has the best quality possible.
5. Dance jewelry
The dance necklace of Hannavanilla on Etsy is the perfect gift for little and big dance girls. It is available in gold, silver and rosé and has three different lenghts.
It is small enough to keep it on while the dance practice and has just the right size to give an outfit an extra glow.
6. Glowing gifts for dancers
Not only for parties, also for home decorations neon writings give a special glow . One Dreams Decor on Etsy creates custom made neon signs to put up on a wall.
The example “Let’s Dance” fits already perfectly for dancers, but you can also get your own little sentence. Plus the designs are available in many colours and sizes.
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