Empowering performers to build strength, prevent injury, fuel themselves for performance and create longevity.
FORCE PERFORMANCE
WHAT DO WE DO?
The dance industry faces a significant challenge when it comes to dancers' physical well-being and performance sustainability. Insufficient nutrition, a demanding physical workload, and inadequate strength conditioning often leads to injuries, hindering both the dancers' careers, and quality of performance.
Force Performance provides a solution to this challenge through dance specific strength, conditioning and nutrition coaching. Despite the essential role of strength and conditioning coaches for professional athletes, the dance industry lacks similar resources to support dancers in their physical development and injury prevention. Our services aim to enhance performance, prevent injuries, promote the overall well-being of dancers and provide longevity in their careers.
Take control of your body, build foundational strength and learn how to fuel yourself for dance. Whether you study full-time dance or you’re a professional, Force Performance has your nutrition, mindset and training needs covered.
Meet Your Coach
Mollie Zacharchuk
Founder
Mollie Zacharchuk, based in Melbourne, Australia is a dancer, certified Personal Trainer and Nutritionist. She grew up dancing from the age of 3, and throughout high school, was involved in various high school productions forming her love for music theatre. Later on, she decided to pursue a career in music theatre, moving to Patrick School of the Arts full-time Academy. After finishing school, she started studying Music Theatre at ShowFit in Melbourne, however, when Covid hit, she put her full-time training on hold. Struggling with an eating disorder, Mollie spent most of her time in covid lockdowns recovering. From previously over-exercising and restricting her calories throughout her dance years, she began studying her Certificate 3&4 in Fitness in 2020, where she found a love for strength training. She quickly highlighted the lack of nutrition and strength education within the dance industry which ultimately results in the many injuries, negative health problems, fatigue and burn out dancers face. Although not pursuing a career in Music Theatre, Mollie started working as a strength coach and nutritionist in 2021 and then launched Force Performance.
Her mission is to provide performers with the education around nutrition and strength training to create longevity in their careers. She has worked with professional dancers in “Wicked” and “Frozen”, performers on cruise ships, choreographers & creative directors, as well as full-time students from reputable schools such as Patrick School of the Arts, Transit Dance, Ministry of Dance and Spectrum Dance. Mollie’s first hand experience in the industry allows her to understand the unique demands and challenges faced by dancers. Her mission is to highlight the pressing need for specialised coaches who can work closely with dancers to provide the necessary education and guidance to strengthen their bodies, optimise their nutritional intake and ultimately provide longevity in their careers.
“I wish I had the tools and education that I have now when I was performing. Strength training along with appropriate sports nutrition, is the cornerstone of injury prevention and longevity in the industry.” - Mollie
TESTIMONIALS
Nicolás Mena - Professional Performer & Choreographer
“When I met Mollie, my relationship with exercising and nutrition was confusing and it had no structure. I was feeling lethargic more often than not and the times I showed up to the gym, I always felt weak and didn’t know what to start with or how to end it. I’ve had training programs before and personal trainers, but they never really understood my dancer lifestyle, nor guided me through a program that was well balanced. To my amazement, the Force Performance program, had a step by step guide on how to do each exercise as well as a well balanced exercise sequence. I now enjoy my time at the gym and I feel myself getting stronger every time I show up. Not only that, but Mollie’s weekly check-ins kept me on track. She took the time to talk about how I’m feeling and also how I’m eating for a better and positive outcome . I am extremely grateful for Mollie’s guidance and wisdom. Definitely recommend it !!”
Amy Hopwood - Professional Performer
“Before training with Mollie I didn’t have confidence in the gym. I didn’t trust that a personal trainer was going to understand my job as full time performer or the requirements I need to be in peak shape for stage. My priorities don’t lie in the gym and most personal trainers don’t understand that I needed to be strong in different ways to most girls and I wasn’t training for visual aesthetic either. With Mollie’s experience in dancing and her knowledge of the performing industry I was able to have open conversations about the requirements of my show and create a program that supported my job on stage making me feel strong, show-fit and mobile. I highly recommend Mollie to any performer who is sick of trainers thinking that dancing is all cardio and zero strength.”
Martijn Sedgfield - Choreographer & Creative Director
"I really enjoyed my training with Mollie from force performance. I enjoyed the fact that the program was flexible enough to suit my unpredictable work schedule and wasn’t overly strict to the point where I felt pressured to workout, yet still helped keep
myself accountable. I also liked that it was super easy to follow along and that Mollie provided super clear instructions and guidance along the way. Injury prevention was also a big factor for me, and Mollie taught me the correct form and techniques to avoid and prevent injury not only in the gym, but she also catered some exercises to enhance my dancing capabilities which could help lead to a stronger & healthier aging body and promote longevity as a dancer.
Lastly, I also found the App that Mollie provided super useful for tracking my performance, without being overly tedious. I found this not only helped me keep track of my workouts, but also boosted my confidence in gradually lifting heavier than previous workouts. Overall I would highly recommend training with Mollie, especially if you're a dancer.”
