Dance Injuries and Conditioning - Winter 2011

Dance Injuries and Conditioning - Winter 2011

Level I Semester 2

Course title: Dance Injuries and Conditioning
Course Code: DAC

No of Credits: 3

Contact Hours: 3

Pre-requisite: none


COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course will introduce students to the causes of injuries in dance and preventive methods and care of those injuries. Students will also be introduced to the fundamentals of physical conditioning for dancers. Injury prevention will be emphasized through the basic understanding of the function of the bones and muscles in movement, alignment, stretch and strength and movement re-education. Nutrition as it will apply to the dancer will also be studied as an important element in maintaining a healthy body.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

• Explain the function of bones and muscles in the execution of movement

• Demonstrate proper warm-up techniques in the prevention of injuries

• Discuss proper alignment

• Demonstrate growth in flexibility, strength and endurance over time

• Demonstrate proper eating habits for a dancers body


COURSE CONTENT:

• Identifying the anatomical systems that are specific to dance

• Identifying the different injuries that occur

• Identifying the causes of dance injuries

• Relaying preventive measures and care of injuries

• Examining proper eating habits as they relate to the dancer’s life style

• Introducing exercises that will increase the efficiency of movement and care of the body


METHOD OF DELIVERY:• Lectures in the main body systems that allow the body to function efficiently and effectively when engaged I strenuous exercises such as dance – muscular, skeletal, digestive, respiratory systems.

• Practical workshops on proper warm-up

• Lectures identifying the various injuries that occur due to faulty use of the body while dancing and how to care for them.

• Discussion on the causes of dance injuries and the parts of the body prone to injury

• Lectures on preventive measures

• Lectures on the function of the bones and muscles in movement


ASSESSMENT:

Participation portfolio

Quiz (2)

Written Assignment

Written review assignment


COURSE CALENDAR

Week 1 (January 26)

Opening lecture on the body systems and its relation to the movement, proper eating habits and care of the body


Week 2 – 4 (February 2)

Introducing the fundamentals of conditioning for dancers

Emphasizing injury prevention through application of alignment, stretch and strength techniques and movement re-education

The recognition and prevention of injuries

Quiz 1


Week 5 - 6 (Feb. 9)

Continuing fundamentals of conditioning for dancers

Examining proper and improper technique behavior

Examining causes and treatment of injuries


Week 7 (Feb. 16)

Conditioning for dancers

Quiz 1


Week 8 - 10 (Feb. 23)

Conditioning for dancers

Lecture on nutrition and the dancer

Portfolio assignment

Quiz 2


Week 11

Conditioning continues


Week 12

Conditioning for dancers


Week 13

Written assignment / portfolio due


SourcesWilmerding, Virginia and Donna Krasnow. “Dance Pedagogy: Myth versus Reality.”

Heartley, Linda. Wisdom of the Body Moving. http://books.google.tt/books?id=QlQuVOOMW9sC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Linda+Ha rtley&hl=en&sa=X&ei=GPgcT8mVIo6gtwfukZWUCw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Li nda%20Hartley&f=false

Franklin, Eric. Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery by Eric Franklin. http://books.google.tt/books?id=lwAM5HodZTsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Eric+Frankl in&hl=en&ei=RgAdT_mnK8mztweKmciKCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=book- thumbnail&resnum=1&ved=0CDIQ6wEwAA#v=onepage&q=Eric%20Franklin&f=false

Extra Readings

Calais-Germain, Blandine and Allan Kaplan. The Female pelvis : anatomy & exercises. Seattle, WA : Eastland, 2003

Calais-Germain, Blandine and Stephen Anderson, Andrée Lamotte. Anatomy of movement exercises. Eastland Press. 1996

Calais-Germain, Blandine. Anatomy of Breathing. Eastland Press, 2006

Iyengar B. K. S. Yoga: The Path to Holistic Health. Dorling Kindersley, 2007

Kirsty Alexander (2001), You can’t make a leaf to grow by stretching it (PDF): some notes on the philosophical implications of Skinner Releasing Technique, in Performance Journal 18 Winter/ Spring, Centre for Movement Research in New York, p. 8-9. 4 Jan. 2012

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