" Discover the pure power and aesthetic beauty of dance as you perfect your technique withDance Anatomy, Third Edition. With more than 100 anatomical illustrations in a vibrant new color palette, you will see how specific dance, movement, and performance exercises will help you maintain posture, find more flexibility, breathe appropriately, and reduce the risk of injury that is inherent in executing repetitive movements.

Dance Anatomy is a must-have for every dancer. Exercises and movements are depicted in stunning detail, highlighting the engaged muscles, joints, and tendons so you can clearly see the connection between training and performance.

Thoroughly updated, this third edition features the following:
21 new exercises to improve strength, mobility, and flexibility
42 new illustrations, including new Dance Focus images that explain how the exercises benefit the dancer in different positions and highlight modern expressions in dance
New tables in each exercise chapter that describe the location and action of the muscles highlighted so you can see how the muscles contribute to each movement
A more robust chapter on brain health that addresses chronic stress and anxiety to provide you with tools for overcoming stage fright or performance anxiety
Eight popular dance movements featured in large format, with explanations of how the anatomy works through the movement
Each chapter addresses a key principle of movement, beginning with the center of the body, where dance begins. You will find 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 considers your changing cycles of classes, practices, and rest times.

Dance Anatomywill help you master the impeccable balance, intense muscular control, and grace to prepare you for your next leading role!" 4e de couverture

Contient
1- The dancer motion
2- Brain Health
3- Injury Awareness
4- Spine
5- Ribs and Breath
6- Core
7- Shoulder and Arms
8- Pelvis and Hips
9- Legs
10- Ankles and feet
11- Whole-Body training for Dancers

Contient aussi une bibliographie et des exercices[-]

" Karen Clippinger's first two editions of Dance Anatomy and Kinesiology were hailed as the standard in the field. This third edition builds on that success by retaining its scientific perspective while making the material even more accessible to students and teachers and by bringing in a significant amount of new material.

What's New?
In an effort to further enhance learning, Dance Anatomy and Kinesiology offers a wealth of new material and tools to make this edition the best yet:
Nearly 300 anatomical illustrations—now in full colorto clearly show muscle movements and technique considerations, setting the book apart from others in its field
Anew introductory chapterto cover basic terminology all in one place
Anew recurring Understanding Check element that helps students demonstrate their grasp of the material before moving on
Anupdated suite of online instructor and student ancillariesto support the text
New interactive art and table activities that aid with identifying bones and muscles and learning muscle actions, delivered online through HKPropel
More diverse dance stylesaddressed throughout the book and represented in photographs
The instructor guide features a sample syllabus and course outline, chapter outlines, lab assignments, and sample tests. An expanded presentation package provides more PowerPoint slides and additional graphics, now in color, that reinforce each chapter's key points. In this edition, the number of slides has increased from 285 to more than 600, and the presentation package now contains over 100 photos.

Through HKPropel, students have access to interactive Understanding Check activities, flash cards, practice quizzes with automatic feedback, and 19 video clips that demonstrate technique and offer correction guidance.

The final chapter is revised to provide a summary and applications, including more practical content in the form of summary figures or tables for bones, joints, muscle actions, and alignment evaluation, as well as sample mat exercises for dance conditioning. And throughout the book, Clippinger has updated content to simplify, add more practical material, and share best practices for injury prevention and rehabilitation.

Primary Focus
The third edition of the book retains its emphasis on presenting the anatomical and kinesiological material that is essential for dancers to understand. The text includes descriptions of joint structure, key muscles, movement analysis, sample strength and flexibility exercises, common alignment problems, select joint mechanics, and special considerations for dance for each region of the body.

The third edition still features the Concept Demonstration and Dance Cues special elements. The former provides movement experiences for dancers to better understand potentially difficult concepts, while the latter helps the dancer reflect on the anatomical basis of commonly used cues used in teaching dance technique.

Empowers Instructors and Dancers
This new edition ofDance Anatomy and Kinesiology will give teachers a clearer picture of the anatomical and kinesiological factors that aid in generating technique cues and identifying technique problems, and it will help them become more effective and empower dancers to realize their potential and artistic vision." Résumée Librairie Bertrand

Contient
1- Fundamental Anatomical Terms for Understanding Movement
2- The skeletal System and its Movements
3- The Muscular System and its Movements
4- The Spine
5- The Pelvic Girdle and Hip Joint
6- The Knee and Patellofemoral Joints
7- The Ankle and Foot
8- The Upper Extremity
9- Summary and applications

Contient aussi un Glossaire et une bibliographie[-]

Written by a diverse group of cultural insiders from across the globe, "Dance Cultures Around the World" gives students a rich and in-depth look at 25 différent cultures of dance. The text addresses cros-cultural dynamics, colonialisme, disaspora, politics, and more as critical factors in learning about dance around the world.
The contributing writers provide an insider's viewpoint in describing the specific contexts and forces that shape various cultural dances.
Dance Cultures around the World offers a wealth of information:
- It explore dance cultures in nine geopolical regions.
- It reveals patterns that operate in each region, adjusting for historical, political, and geographical differences.
- It enriches the reader's experience of their own culture, as well as those of others, as they learn what danceis in various cultures, who dances, and why they dance.
Each chapiter begins with a vignette descirbing a signature dance or dance-relate feature of the culture, followed by an introduction to its history and geography. Significant events, people, and qualities of the dance culture are highlighted throughout the chapiters.
Dance Cultures Around the World offers readers an overview of dance cultures and an insider's perpective on how dance develops and evolves around the world. Together with the online resources provided in HKPropel, the book gives studients and instructors a well-crafted gateway to dance culture across the globe." 4e de couverture

Contents

Part 1 : North America

1- Native American and first Nations Dance
- Studying Native American Cultures
- History of intertribal Powwows
- Powwows Elements
- Powwows Dances
- Crosscurrents
- Summary

2- Social DAnce in the United States : Expression and Socialization
- Brief history
- Social Dance
- Social Dance as Expression
- Social Dance for Socialization
- Crosscurrents
- Summary

3- Danza Folklórico and Mexican American Culture : i Un Gran Fandango !
- Ever-Evolving Dances of Ancient Culture
- Spanish Conquest and Colonialism
- Mexican Nation
- French Occupation of Mexico
- The Mexican Revolution
- Crosscurrents
- Filklórico as Integrative Learning
- Summary

Part 2 : Central and South America

4- Dance in Guatamala : Source for a Collective Indentity in Motion
- Creating Identity
- Dance as a Calendrial Event
- Continuity of Mayan Practices
- Colonial Period
- The Garìfuna
- Influence From Western Theatrical Dance
- Crosscurrents
- Summary

5- Dance in Brazil
- Geography and History
- Dance and Ritual in Pre-Brazil
- European Dance in Brazil
- Founding of Modern Dance in Brazil
- Regional Dance and Popular Cultural Events
- African Dance in Brazil
- Crosscurrents
- Summary

Part 3 : Caribbean

6- Bèlè Drum-Dance Culture in Martinique
- Defining Bèlè as a Regional Folk Tradition
- Question of Origins
- Bèlè Performance Contexts in Contemporary Martinique
- Bèlè's Pre-Revival Eclipse in Martinique
- Bèlè's Revitalization, Cultural Activism, and Pedagogy
- Annual Holidays and Observances
- Crosscurrents
- Summary

7- Dance in Trinidad and Tobago : "Where Everybody Dance"
- History and Carnival as a Trini Identifier
- Neo-African Dance in Trinidad and Tobago
- From Ritual to Performance
- Indo-Trinidadian Dance TRaditions and Development
- Other Cultural Infusions
- Crosscurrents
- Summary

Part 4 : Africa

8- Dance in Ghana
- Brief History
- Crosscurrents
- A Multiplicity of Costoms
- TRaditional Dances from Ghana
- Social Dance
- Ceremonial DAnce
-Summary

9- Dance in Uganda : Inherent Community-Based Agendas in Dancing and Dance-Musicking Traditions
- Brief History
- Dancing and Dance-Musicking
- A Communitarian Approch to Coexistence
- Activation of Individual and Community Human Social Capital
- Cross Current
- Summary

10- Dance Culture of Zimbabwe
- Brief History and Geography
- Indigenous Zimbabwean DAnces
- Characteristic Features of Indigenous Dances
- Crosscurrents
- Implication of Modernity and Globalization
- Summary

Part 5 : Europe and Russia

11- Dance in Irish Culture
- Brief History
- Irish Dance Culture from the 13th Century CE
- Dance During the Colonial Era
- Dance at the Turn of the 20th Century
- Dance during the Postcolonial Era
- Theatricalization of Irish Dance in Ireland
- Crosscurrents
- Summary

12- Dance in Spain
- Flamenco
- Spanish Dance and Flamenco
- Crosscurrent
- Summary

13- Dance in Croatia : A Small Country With Rich Dance Diversity
- Social Context
- Central and Southeastern European Influences
- Regional Style of Dance and Music
- Legacies of Cross-Cultural Trade and travel
- Institutionalized Dance Education
- Crosscurrents
- Summary

14- Dance in Greek Culture
- Brief History and Geography
- Ancient Greek Dance ( 800-143 BCE)
- Theatrical Dances of the Classical Period
- Greek Dance in the Middle Ages ( 146 BCE-1453 CE)
- Early Modern Dance ( 1453-1821)
- Traditional Dance in Modern Greece ( 1821-Present)
- Popular Dance
- Contemporary Art Dance
- Crosscurrents
- Summary

15- Dance in Bulgarian Culture
- Bulgarian Dance Culture
- The Horo
- Folk Dance Education and Bulgarian Music
- Crosscurrents
- A new Choreographic Culture
- Summary

16- Traditional Dance in Russia
- Brief History
- Ethno Identity Dance and Socialist Realism
- Russian Folk Dance in the Field
- Three Russian Folk Dances
- Russian Ethno Identity Dance
- Crosscurrents
- Summary

Part 6 : Middle East

17- Dance Cultures of Turkey
- Brief History
- Traditional Folk Dance
- Classical Dance
- Religious Movement Systems
- Crosscurrents
- Summary

18- Dance in Iran: Raqs-i-Irani : The Persian Dance
- Myths and Assumptions of Persian Dance
- Historical Highlights
- Modernization of Iran
- Islamic Revolution of 1979
- Crosscurrents
- Summary

Parts 7 : South and Southeast Asia

19- Indian Dance
- Brief History
- Classical Dances
- Tradition and Reconstruction
- Crosscurrents
- Summary

20- Dance in Indonesia : Jathilan Trance Dance
- Crosscurrents
- Diversity of Indonesian Dance
- Ancestor Worship, Trance, and Religion
- Jathilan Trance DAnce
- Revival of Traditional Dance Arts
- Summary

21- Dance in the Philippines
- Place-Based Dance Practices
- Music and Dance
- Acapulco-Manila Galleons and the Malding of Forms
- Dance as Part of Festivity
- The "Mother" of Philippines Folk Dance
- Indigenous Peoples
- Kapwa
- Crosscurrents
- Summary

Part 8 : East Asia

22- Dance in Chinese Culture
- Dance in Chinese Culture Over 5000 Years of History
- Classical DAnce
- Chinese Folk Dance
- Martial Arts, Competition, and Military Dance
- 20th-Century Political Turmoil
- Chinese Civil War
- Yangbanxi
- Zhongguogudianwu
- Paths to Contemporary Dance
- Crosscurrents
- Summary

23- Dance in Japanese Culture
- Matsuri
- A Confluence of Cultures
- Japanese Aesthetics
- Kagura
- Noh and Dabuki Theater
- Folk Dance of Indigenous People in Hokkaido and Okinawa
- Crosscurrents
- Popular Dance in Contemporary Japan
- Summary

Part 9 : Oceania

24- Dance of Aboriginal Australia
- Aboriginal Culture
- Rom in Nothern Australia
- Other Contexts of Dance in Arnhem Land
- Central Australia
- Other Traditions on Aboriginal Dance
- Crosscurrents
- Summary

25- Dance in Tahitian Culture
- Brief History
- The Colonial Institution
- Creativity and Innovation
- Crosscurrents
- Summary

Index[-]

"Learn how to formulate critical responses to the dances you see, create, and perform. In 'Dancers talking dance, author Larry Lavender outlines the five-step ORDER approach to critical evaluation:
-Observation
-Reflection
-Discussion
-Evaluation
-Recommendations for revisions

Lavender introduces ans explains the approach by interweaving practical, how-to examples with explanations of the theories underlying each step. He also provides writing and discussion ideas designed to stimulate thinking about the critical process and how it works. With these skills, you will learn hot to observe, describe, analyse, write, and talk more effectivvely about dances and other works of art (...)"--P. [4] de la couv.

Comprend une bibliographie.
Comprend un index.[-]

"(...) Written in conversational tone, this interactive text will inspire you to develop creative thinking, reasoning skills, and self-expression. Through the use of examples and exercises based on nonstudio experiences, you'll learn hot to translate your life experiences into the art of dance. You'll also acquire the tools necessary to appreciate, discuss, and write about dance as a fine art. Plus you'll find your own voice as a chorepgrapher and a dance appreciator. (...)"--P.[4] de la couv.

Comprend un index.[-]