The Holistic Dancer

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  1. 3. Keeping fit can help you prevent coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, obesity, and osteoporosis. It can also help manage diabetes and _________.
  2. 6. To stay physically fit you need to participate in activities that do three basic things: Get your heart and lungs pumping (aerobic) for 30 minutes or more, Keep your body limber (flexibility), Tone your muscles (strength)
  3. 8. The study of the principles of mechanics and anatomy in relation to human movement.
  4. 10. Do a proper warm-up, When doing knee bends (plies) keep the knees over the toes, When doing any kind of jump, start from bent knees (plie’) and land with bent knees (in a plie), Align the spine properly in every exercise, Avoidhyperextendedded back or a forward-thrust pelvis, Make sure shoulders are relaxed and pulled down. Avoid hunching, Cool down.
  5. 15. Do not require conscious thought
  6. 17. All dancers need to ingest sufficient energy to meet the rigors of hard training. Consuming the right amounts and types of food and fluid will provide the body with the "high-performance fuel" necessary to achieve optimal training benefits and peak performance.
  7. 19. Trapezius, Deltoids, Pectorals, Biceps, Abdominals, Obliques, Quadriceps, Gastrocnemius, Trapezius, Triceps, Gluteals, Hamstrings
  8. 20. With over 600 muscles, 206 bones and countless nerves, ligaments, and tendons in the body, it's almost impossible for dancers to escape getting
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  1. 1. Proper conditioning is vital for the dancer. In order for anyone to efficiently execute a motor task, there must be adequate STRENGTH, FLEXIBILITY, and ENDURANCE. Good posture and ALIGNMENT also allow for the maximum functioning of the body with the expenditure of the least amount of energy.
  2. 2. Specific problems of the dancer that can cause injuries are: __________, Improper alignment and poor body mechanics, Improper or Inadequate conditioning, Variation of dance techniques
  3. 4. Skeletal, Smooth, Cardiac, Voluntary, Involuntary
  4. 5. Ankle, Knee, Hamstring, Back, Hip
  5. 7. Shape and support, Protect organs, Allows movement, Makes blood cells, Storage for ions, fats, and minerals, and Hormone Regulation
  6. 9. bands of tough elastic tissue around your joints that connect bone to bone and give your joints support
  7. 11. The science concerned with the physical structure of animals and plants.
  8. 12. The _________ provides leverage, the muscles are the motors that act on the levers, and the joints are the fulcrum.
  9. 13. New dancers must build their strength and _________ slowly and safely.
  10. 14. Ball-and-socket, Hinge, Pivot, Ellipsoidal.
  11. 16. Controlled by conscious thought
  12. 18. Flat, Long, Short, Irregular, Sesamoid