Berardi Finding Balance

Fitness, Training, and Health for a Lifetime in Dance
2. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-136-07098-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten

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.

Zielgruppe

Adult: General

Autoren/Hrsg.

Berardi, Gigi

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Tanz

Inhaltsverzeichnis

CONTENTS
Dedication
List of Tables
List of Figures
Figure Captions
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Preface: Warm-Up
Chapter 1
Dance: A Challenging Profession
Pushing the body image
Overuse and Overload: Practice does not make perfect
The show must go on: The Pressure to perform
Older dancers: Moving out or moving on?
Finding Balance: How Dance Medicine and Science Can Help
Finding Balance: The Dancer as Lifelong Learner
Finding a Place in the World of Dance
Profiles
Carrie Imler
Elizabeth Streb
Roxane d'Orléans Juste
David Parsons
David Zurak

Chapter 2
Injury and Injury Treatment
Types of Injuries in Dance and Risk Factors
Risk factors
The preadolescent and adolescent dancer - Some special considerations
Recommendations for training
Treatment and Rehabilitation
Multidisciplinary approaches and complementary therapies
Rehabilitation
Physical Therapy
Manual therapy
Complementary adjuncts
Pilates
Sample rehabilitation program
Achilles tendinitis
Low-back disorders
Transitional class
Full function
Parting Words - for the Dancer, the Company, the Healthcare Team

Profiles
Catherine Cabeen
Koichi Kubo
Li Chiao-Ping
Louise Nadeau

Chapter 3
Technique and Training
What is Technique?
Training for Technique
Analytical Tools for Technique
Analyzing movement using physical principles
Structural and functional analysis
Experiential Tools for Technique
Visualization techniques applied to alignment
Somatic disciplines in dance
Selecting a Teacher
Profiles
Bill Evans
Cher Carnell
Donald Byrd
Kellen Laine
Gus Solomons, jr

Chapter 4
The Fit Dancer: Conditioning the Body for Strength, Endurance, and Flexibility
Strength
Strength training using body weight for resistance
Karipides floor work
Core stabilization (Stuart McGill)
Yoga
Pilates Method floor work
Gyrotonic floor work
Strength training using increased resistance
Elastic resistance
Resistance machines
Free weights for resistance
Pilates
Gyrotonic expansion system
Endurance
Endurance conditioning
Class and rehearsal
Supplemental aerobic training

Flexibility
Stretching techniques
Stretching programs
Conditioning and class
Profiles
Jan Dunn
Murray Louis
Gary Galbraith

Chapter 5
Nutrition, Weight Management, and Diet for Dance
The Young Dancer -- Diet and Health, Growth and Development
Energy Nutrients and Water: A Primer
Carbohydrates
Fat
Protein
Water
Energy Expenditure: A Primer
Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA) and Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI): New Guidelines
on Diet
Recommended Intakes of Energy Nutrients
Diet and Weight Control
The importance of carbohydrates
Feasting and fasting
How do diets "work"?
Fat mobilization
Energy in, energy out?
Achieving a Balanced Diet
Should the food pyramid be a food square?
Choreographing meals
Timing is everything
A Cautionary Note: Dancing and tobacco do not mix
Profiles
Kent Stowell
Catherine Allaway
Jenifer Ringer
Melanie Skinner

Chapter 6
Finding Balance
What Does it Take to Make it in Dance?
A Positive Self-image
Especially for Young Dancers
Lifelong Learners: How the Science of Dance Informs the Art
Finding One's Place in the World of Dance
Career Transitions
Keeping the Desire to Dance Alive
Profiles
Jamie Farquhar
James Fayette
Paul Bowler
Pat Graney
Wendy Perron

Appendices
Appendix A. Anatomy Basics
Appendix B. Dance Flooring
Appendix C. Feet First: Dance Footwear and Footcare
Appendix D. On Point
Appendix E. Neural Mechanisms and Flexibility
Glossaries
Notes [Ed: Currently, the notes (references) appear at the end of each chapter.]
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Gigi Berardi is book review editor for the Journal of Dance Medicine and Science, a regular columnist for Dance International and a correspondent for Dance Magazine; her articles have appeared both in daily newspapers and specialized dance research journals. A Fulbright scholar with a masters in dance from the University of California, Los Angeles, Berardi currently teaches at Western Washington University.