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New for 2008-09…
Dance Science has come to the Center for Dance!
Center for Dance Healthy Dancer Screenings:
Ever wonder how much your strength, flexibility or endurance has changed
over a year of dance? Dancer screenings can answer those questions and
give you the knowledge for future improvement. Information from these
Healthy Dancer Screenings can also be beneficial for teachers too!
Dancer screenings will include biomechanical assessments along with
wellness questionnaires.
Biomechanical assessments will include a postural assessment along with
flexibility, strength and endurance tests. These tests will focus on but
not limited to hamstring flexibility, back extensors strength, abdominal
strength and abdominal endurance. Participants will be tested 3 times
during the school year (pre-mid-post), with a written results form at
the end of the year. A scheduled meeting with Laura can decipher the
results and recommendations for future training techniques will be
discussed.
Wellness questionnaires will include, but not limited to, questions
pertaining to psychological burnout, use of breath and use of imagery.
CFD Healthy Dancers Screenings is open to all Level IV, Intermediate and
Advanced dancers for a nominal fee. Dancers with a strong interest in
improving technique, strength and flexibility are encouraged to take
part.
IF enough dancers participate, Laura would like to report the findings
(all participants will be kept confidential) in her next research
paper/journal article.
Laura Peterson, Director of Dance at The Center for Dance, has a B.A. in
Dance from the University of Washington and an M.Sc. in Dance Science
from Laban, the leader in Dance Science education. Laura’s thesis, The
Effects of a 3 Week Arts Camp on Self Perceptions, Subjective Vitality
and Life Satisfaction in Underserved Youth, will be presented at the
2008 International Association of Dance Medicine and Science conference
in October. Teacher Laura strongly believes that dancer screenings help
facilitate healthy training and psychological wellness.
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