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Teaching Experiential Anatomy in the Modern Technique Class: Dancing Longer – Dancing Stronger [read the french version]
Jennifer Salk, M.F.A.
Author: Jennifer Salk, M.F.A., Assistant Professor, Dance, University of Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
Because of our current knowledge of the body, dancers now look forward to long performance careers. We are moving with confidence and intelligence. We make decisions about how we want to train our bodies and how we want to move. It is not uncommon for dancers to perform into their 60’s (without artificial hip replacements).
It is our responsibility as dance educators whether elementary, secondary, or college level, to teach the future professionals of the dance world to take care of their own bodies and to make smart choices about how to move with efficiency. A student can take kinesiology and anatomy and still not know how to integrate the knowledge into their own daily regimen.
By incorporating the experiential component of kinesiology and anatomy into the modern curriculum I have seen beginners dance with an awareness of far more experienced dancers, and have observed far fewer injuries as well. The dancers who have had kinesiology and who are more advanced dance with confidence, and make intelligent decisions about how to execute movements efficiently. They also apply the information constantly. I see them initiate movement from the correct sources and see them absorb qualitative information swiftly. The students feel empowered by the knowledge. My movement session will consist of several examples of how experiential anatomy and kinesiology are incorporated into the modern technique class and will use simple partnering and movement exploration exercises to demonstrate the concepts. The participants should be prepared to move and should dress in comfortable clothing. It is not necessary to be a dancer to take the session.
This is the abstract of a paper presented at the Tenth Annual Meeting of the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science, held 27-29 October 2000 in Miami, Florida, USA. All rights are reserved by the individual author(s).
Because of our current knowledge of the body, dancers now look forward to long performance careers. We are moving with confidence and intelligence. We make decisions about how we want to train our bodies and how we want to move. It is not uncommon for dancers to perform into their 60’s (without artificial hip replacements).
It is our responsibility as dance educators whether elementary, secondary, or college level, to teach the future professionals of the dance world to take care of their own bodies and to make smart choices about how to move with efficiency. A student can take kinesiology and anatomy and still not know how to integrate the knowledge into their own daily regimen.
By incorporating the experiential component of kinesiology and anatomy into the modern curriculum I have seen beginners dance with an awareness of far more experienced dancers, and have observed far fewer injuries as well. The dancers who have had kinesiology and who are more advanced dance with confidence, and make intelligent decisions about how to execute movements efficiently. They also apply the information constantly. I see them initiate movement from the correct sources and see them absorb qualitative information swiftly. The students feel empowered by the knowledge. My movement session will consist of several examples of how experiential anatomy and kinesiology are incorporated into the modern technique class and will use simple partnering and movement exploration exercises to demonstrate the concepts. The participants should be prepared to move and should dress in comfortable clothing. It is not necessary to be a dancer to take the session.
This is the abstract of a paper presented at the Tenth Annual Meeting of the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science, held 27-29 October 2000 in Miami, Florida, USA. All rights are reserved by the individual author(s).
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