Here is the place where the beginning or experienced dancer will find helpful advice on everything from diet to care of injuries to ballet as a business. It's a practical guide for starting, maintaining, and extending a career in dance. Written by a former leading dancer and an authority in sports medicine, this book answers questions on every aspect of the dancer's career. This book is for today's dancers with the brightest hope for long, healthy careers.
Finding Balance: Fitness, Health, and Training for a Lifetime in Dance gives an overview of issues faced by all performing dancers: injury and treatment; technique and training; fitness; nutrition and diet; and career management. The text includes both easy-to-read overviews of each topic and "profiles" of well known dancers and how they have coped with these issues. The new edition includes: Updated and new profiles. Expanded injury and injury treatment information. Updated dance science and physiology findings, and new references. Updated diet guidelines, Expanded and updated "Taking Control" section. It concludes with a list of selected dance/arts medicine clinics, a bibliography, glossary, and text notes.
Dance Medicine in Practice is the complete physical textbook for dance, written specifically to help dancers understand the anatomy, function and care of their bodies. Specific chapters are devoted to focusing on the spine, pelvis, hips, knees, feet, shoulders and arms. Each of these covers the following key aspects: Anatomy: bone structure, musculature, and function. How each part of the body moves and how it responds under pressure Pitfalls: Common examples of bad practice and the effect that these can have on the body Self Analysis: How to become aware of and muscle groups and the capacity of each joint. Injury Prevention: Tips and advice on how to best avoid and prevent injury both in training and everyday life Exercises: Simple and effective methods of strengthening, mobilising and relaxing joints and muscles Checklists: Dos and Don’ts for the best dance technique. The best dancers know that looking after their bodies is the key to their success, and Dance Medicine in Practice also covers how to ensure the best possible nutrition, plan and manage training schedules, and ensure that injuries are kept to a minimum both in frequency and impact. It is the best possible companion to a life in dance.
Here is the place where the beginner or more experienced dancer will find helpful advice on everything f rom diet to care of injuries to ballet as a business. It''s a practical guide for starting, maintaining, and extending a career in dance. '
Provides a comprehensive overview of the literature and professional organizations that aid career planning and related research for 111 careers requiring college degrees or specialized education.
A reference to dance information in both electronic and print form, covering all forms of dance as well as the "other" work of the dancer/choreographer--activities that include teaching classes in dance history, anthropology, or philosophy, writing reviews and essays, or conducting studies in dance kinesiology. All types of sources are cited, including encyclopedias, film and video catalogs, manuals, indexes, serial publications, and sources for book and performance reviews.
This accessible, easy-to-read text designed for beginning and intermediate modern dance courses provides students with concrete, practical information on both the technical and creative aspects of modern dance.
