En pointe

Snapping Hip Syndrome Pain and Pain Management Snapping hip syndrome is often seen in dancers, since dancers are constantly standing perfectly straight and resisting the natural posture of their body. It is a condition in which the dancer or athlete hears/ feels a snapping or popping sensation in the hip joint. For the majority of the population, snapping hip syndrome does not cause pain or discomfort, but in a sport where the athlete is constantly manipulating the hip joint, such as in dance,…

Like in Ballet, The women’s feet are more in pointe when performing and the leg is extended more than the male dancer. An extension is; “a stretching or lengthening to the fullest extent; a straightening of arm or legs so that the angle formed by the bones will be 180 degrees” (Love, 1952 P:35). Also…

Prior to the addition of Japanese influences to his work, Monet was a relatively conventional en plein air painter, as evidenced by his earliest surviving work, Landscape at Rouelles, painted in 1858. While this is an accomplished and tranquil vision, painted under the direct influence of Boudin, Monet soon learned that avant-garde critics were…