Dance Kinesiology 2 (Shoulder Part 5)

Front 1

How important is water?

Back 1

every chemical reaction in your body is dependent on water.
Without enough water the body will have muscle spasms, fatigue, and kidney damage.

Front 2

How important is it for a dancer to have water?

Back 2

Should drink 64 oz or 8 full glasses each day
If you are thirsty you are dehydrated
Check for "light lemonade"

Front 3

What are some nutrition based facts for dancers?

Back 3

Aesthetics require a lean body, but dance activity does not promote fat loss
When body must use muscle for fuel, it will burn the muscle tissue that is least used first. For dancers, this means muscle is lost in the upper body first
Tendency to give the dancers the "thunder thigh" look
avoid years of frustration by recognizing and accepting the advantages of her body type
No dingle source can be eliminated to magically melt fat away
Most effective: high in nutrients and low in fat, combined with consistent long-duration aerobic exercises

Front 4

Fats about what to eat and when to eat it?

Back 4

Dont wait until hunger is strong:adverse affect on metabolism
Going too long without food causes blood glucose levels to drop, craving for carbs follows
Eating small amounts of food containing protein, carbs, and fat about every 3 hrs. can help you avoid low blood sugar and "jitters"

Front 5

What kind of meals should you eat before a performance?

Back 5

pasta
whole grain breads
cereal
fruit
yogurt
be eaten 1-2 hours before the show

Front 6

Facts about eating breakfast?

Back 6

Often complain about the inability to eat a balanced breakfast first thing in the morning.
Blood sugar levels can if night time fasting continues too long into the day
Avoid caffeine first thing in the morning
Eat a light snack before class, then another right after class

Front 7

Before we approach a weight loss program you must?
Tips from sally 443-449

Back 7

Identify the present conditions
look at body type/composition/ proportion
Eating habits - when, what, why

Front 8

More tips from sally

Back 8

long term change, one must change habits before one change habits, one must know what the habits are.
What does the phrase "I'm on a diet" mean?
No single approach will work for everybody. There are too many individual differences in metabolism, absorption rates, and eating patterns to make any approach effective for all.
Listen to the body
analyzing deep seated attitudes
- food as a reward
-punishment
-clean your plate
-celebration

Front 9

What is somatics?

Back 9

the art and science of the innerrelational process between awareness, biological function, and environment with all three factors (mind, body, spirt) being understood as a synergistic whole.

Front 10

What is the objective of the somatic approach?

Back 10

encouragement of easeful, mindful, efficiency of motion which simultaneously promotes health, balance, and achievement of ones potential.
FITT : tapping into the inherent wisdom of the body.

Front 11

What is tension?

Back 11

without it there is no life
realizes that a certain level of physical tension ensures peak performance for our oen individual functioning.
balance is key: balance between utilizing optimal tension levels when a task must be accomplished and using relaxation tech to lower the tension level when leisure allows it.

Front 12

What is efficiency?

Back 12

producing the desired effect without waste
Effort not time. It is not getting it done faster just with less waste.

Front 13

What is sensory input?

Back 13

modern person is bombarded with complex sensory import. Sights, sounds, and smells of contemporary life are so intense and complex that it is all but impossible to maintain a blanket of input and output.
Human has more sensory then motor nerves
common for people to be sedentary

Front 14

Who is more susceptible to high levels of tension?

Back 14

body types
movement behavior patterns
physically
socially
nutrition

Front 15

What is Neuromuscular tension?

Back 15

everyone has different levels of tension.
"stashes"
-hotspots - habitual postural patterns which contributes to the tension level of the hot spot
-the tension itself becomes an integral part of the expected feedback patter of the body
-emotional or physical pain form past experiences is often masked by neuromuscular tension.

Front 16

what is muscular efficiency?

Back 16

using minimum amount of effort to perform a given action
kinesiological analysis
habits of efficient action
desired movement combination reveals the specific muscles which are most efficient are week compensatory muscular contraction is necessary.

Front 17

what do dancers need somatics?

Back 17

brain only processes information, the information that it receives from the body. It is only when the brain and the body are treated as a unified whole that the mid (the totality of the person and the surrounding energy systems) can reach its full potential

Front 18

Benefits of somatics in dance>

Back 18

1. clear understanding of individual differences
2. the broadening of ones movement repertoire
3. performance enhancement
4. increasing ones sensitivity to body wisdom

Front 19

What is the body?

Back 19

tangible reflection of the soul and spirit within each of us. Moreover, the body is our first and most profoundly relevant teacher.