Finding Balance: Fitness, Training, and Health for a Lifetime in Dance

Contents

• 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
• 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 an
• 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
• 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 wo
• 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)
• 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 Desir
• 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