Dance is an art form which demands the extremes of human movement. The dancer’s body appears to glide with effortless grace across the floor, whilst constantly challenging the laws of balance, force and motion. The purpose of this paper is to examine how a dancer moves, the way muscles are used to create and control movement, how dancers work against the force of gravity to leap into the air, spin without toppling over and balance on the toe of a single pointe shoe. www.curriculum.wa.edu.au/pages/syllabus_manuals/.../35294_1.pdf
Although classical ballet is an artistic expression through the use of the body, there is a real opportunity to improve and extend the dancer's career by simply applying sports science principles to dance training and …show more content…
This facilitates streamlining and puts the arm work under the body (where it will do most good) as well as distribute the muscular work between the shoulders' internal and external rotator muscle groups. Rolling less emphasizes internal rotator work which eventually produces over-use shoulder injuries. http://coachsci.sdsu.edu/swim/bullets/greece23.htm
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The biomechanical principles of dancing are focused around movement in the body.
I'm pretty tall, so when I'm dancing I can take up a lot of space because I have long legs. In my activity that is one of the most important things to know how to do . So having long legs is a huge advantage.
Dancing is a hard activity ,you have to learn how to take care your body and eat right everyday. For my activity dancing I try to be as healthy as possible. So my diet consists of walnuts, and oatmeal for breakfast. Meat and vegetables for lunch and brown rice or whole grain pasta for dinner. In between all those delicious meals , I have lots of snacks. My snacks consists of trail mix, fruits and veggies. Also protein bars and lots of water.
In my activity It's really easy to overload your schedule, and overwork your body. My schedule consists of 30 hours of dancing a week. So if you are looking into dancing seriously make sure to take care of your body and dont overwork work your muscles to
Although classical ballet is an artistic expression through the use of the body, there is a real opportunity to improve and extend the dancer's career by simply applying sports science principles to dance training and …show more content…
This facilitates streamlining and puts the arm work under the body (where it will do most good) as well as distribute the muscular work between the shoulders' internal and external rotator muscle groups. Rolling less emphasizes internal rotator work which eventually produces over-use shoulder injuries. http://coachsci.sdsu.edu/swim/bullets/greece23.htm
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The biomechanical principles of dancing are focused around movement in the body.
I'm pretty tall, so when I'm dancing I can take up a lot of space because I have long legs. In my activity that is one of the most important things to know how to do . So having long legs is a huge advantage.
Dancing is a hard activity ,you have to learn how to take care your body and eat right everyday. For my activity dancing I try to be as healthy as possible. So my diet consists of walnuts, and oatmeal for breakfast. Meat and vegetables for lunch and brown rice or whole grain pasta for dinner. In between all those delicious meals , I have lots of snacks. My snacks consists of trail mix, fruits and veggies. Also protein bars and lots of water.
In my activity It's really easy to overload your schedule, and overwork your body. My schedule consists of 30 hours of dancing a week. So if you are looking into dancing seriously make sure to take care of your body and dont overwork work your muscles to