Dance Anatomy

Dance Anatomy

by Jacqui Haas
Dance Anatomy

Dance Anatomy

by Jacqui Haas

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Overview

Experience the raw energy and aesthetic beauty of dance as you perfect your technique with Dance Anatomy. Featuring hundreds of full-color illustrations, Dance Anatomy presents more than 100 of the most effective dance, movement, and performance exercises, each designed to promote correct alignment, improved placement, proper breathing, and prevention of common injuries. The exercises are drawn in stunning detail, capturing the dancer in motion and highlighting the active muscles associated with each movement so you can develop and strengthen different areas of the body. You will clearly see how muscular development translates into greater poise and elegance on the stage.

Each chapter addresses a key principle of movement to help you improve performance, beginning with the center of the body, where dance begins. You will learn exercises to target specific areas, such as shoulders and arms, pelvis, and lower legs to enhance flexibility and ensure safety. You will also discover more efficient ways of improving your lines and technique by implementing a supplementary conditioning program that takes into account your changing cycles of classes, practices, and times of rest.

Regardless of your ability level or dance style, Dance Anatomy will help you master the impeccable balance, intense muscular control, and grace to prepare you for your next leading role!


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781492545170
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
Publication date: 11/29/2017
Series: Anatomy
Edition description: Second Edition
Pages: 272
Sales rank: 282,652
Product dimensions: 6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Jacqui Greene Haas has been the athletic trainer for Cincinnati Ballet since 1989 and is currently the supervisor of performing arts medicine at Mercy Health Orthopaedics and Sports Rehabilitation (formerly Wellington Orthopaedics) in Cincinnati. Her successful outreach program includes working closely with numerous local dance studios, teaching injury prevention and providing screenings and dance conditioning workshops. She has presented workshops to instructors at Texas A&M University, University of Cincinnati, and Wittenberg University as well as to dancers at Louisville Ballet, Charlotte Ballet (formerly North Carolina Dance Theatre), West Virginia Dance Festival, McGing Irish Dancers, and Cincinnati Ballet.

Jacqui learned ballet, tap, and jazz at The School of Dance Arts in central Florida. She went on to dance professionally for Southern Ballet Theatre, New Orleans City Ballet, and Cincinnati Ballet. She also enjoyed dancing professionally with the Orlando Opera, Cleveland Opera, and Cincinnati Opera companies.

Jacqui holds a bachelor's degree in dance from the University of South Florida and an athletic training certificate from the University of Cincinnati. She is currently working toward her master's degree in the Northern Kentucky University integrated studies program. She also teaches dance physiology and special topics in dance at Northern Kentucky University.

As an active member of the National Athletic Trainers' Association, Jacqui has spoken at their annual conventions in Dallas, St. Louis, Anaheim, Philadelphia, and New Orleans as well as having served on the association's committee for emerging practices. She is also a member of the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science and the National Dance Education Organization.

Jacqui has been happily married for over 30 years and has a lovely stepdaughter and two lovely daughters. She resides in Northern Kentucky with her family on their 47-acre farm.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Dancer in Motion

Chapter 2: Brain Health

Chapter 3: Injury Prevention

Chapter 4: Spine

Chapter 5: Ribs and Breath

Chapter 6: Core

Chapter 7: Shoulders and Arms

Chapter 8: Pelvis and Hips

Chapter 9: Legs

Chapter 10: Ankles and Feet

Chapter 11: Whole-Body Training for Dancers

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From the Publisher

“Jacqui Haas covers all the basics that dancers should know about the incredible instrument that is the human body. Dance Anatomy is well written, informative, and full of creative ways to keep dancers healthy and dancing to their full potential!”

Marika Molnar, PT, LAc 

“Dance Anatomy brings to life the relationship between muscle development and dancing. It is a must-read for every dancer.”

Victoria Morgan

Artistic Director and CEO
Cincinnati Ballet

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