Dance Anatomy and Kinesiology will help dancers learn anatomical and biomechanical principles as they apply to dance performance. The text focuses on optimal dance movement and the related principles for understanding the function of body joints. And by applying those principles, dancers can help reduce their risk of injury and enhance their performance longevity. Dance Anatomy and Kinesiology includes special practical applications: Concept Demonstrations provide hands-on exercises to try. Tests and Measurements are specific to selected regions of the body. Dance Cues help analyze cue effectiveness and promote optimal movement execution. Study Questions and Applications help apply chapter concepts Attachments provide the pronunciations, attachments, and key actions of the primary muscles covered in this text. This text offers valuable scientific knowledge and understanding for dancers, helping them to blend anatomical and kinesiological principles with artistic expression. Such a blend of science and art will empower dancers to realize their potential and expand their artistic vision.
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Experience the raw energy and aesthetic beauty of dance as you perfect your technique with Dance Anatomy.
This introductory textbook looks at anatomy and kinesiology from the dancer's point of view. It begins by setting out the basic structures of the human body - bone, muscle, joints...
Dance Technique and Injury Prevention has established itself as the key reference for everyone involved in dance injury and treatment, physical therapy, and dance instruction.
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"Presented in a dance-specific way, Dance Science takes a positive approach to what a dancer can do to dance better through an understanding of anatomy and analysis of movement.
Franklin provides 583 imagery exercises to improve dance technique, artistic expression and performance. More than 160 illustrations highlight the images, and the exercises can be put to use in dance movement and choreography.
Dancer Wellness, created by the International Association for Dance Medicine & Science, offers guidance on the foundations, mental components, and physical aspects of dancer wellness.
Heather Olson is doll-like, bewildered; Matthew Rogers is a gangly teenager; Christopher Williams moves with outrageous sinuousness; the stout Hilary Clark exhausts herself with a rage that is funny and finite; the small Erin Gerken has ...
"With understandable information--about health, injury prevention, and treatment of common dance-related problems--this handbook is literally a tour of the body from head to toe.