What DANCE can do for you

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What DANCE can do for you

• Britany Hirschi
• -instructor-

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WHY DANCE

• Dance provides the three components of any
  well-rounded fitness program stretch, resistance
  training and aerobics.
  
• It also combines utilization of the body, mind
  and spirit. If you are looking for it all, dance
  is where you can find it.

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Types of dance
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Stretchinghold each stretch for a slow 5 counts
and repeat
Frog Stretch
Parallel
Right and Left Splits
Center Split
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Flexibility

• Stretching is important to avoid injury and
  reduce muscle soreness
  
• Flexibility is the ability of your muscles,
  tendons and ligaments to stretch which allows
  your joints to have a larger range of movement.
  

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Ballet positions
1st position
3rd position
5th position
2nd position
4th position
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Dance Vocabulary (Turns)

• Chaine (shen-nay) chain step
• Pique (pee-kay) prick of the foot
• Pirouette (peer-oh-wet) spin
• Fouetté (fwah-tay) whip
• Tour (toor) turn in the air

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Dance Vocabulary (leaps)

• Jeté (je-tay) throw
• Developpé (day-vel-oh-pay) develope
• side leap
• switch leap
• pas de chat (pah duh sha)
• step of the cat

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other aspects to consider

• as an aerobic activity dancing should be done
  4-5 times a week for a minimum of 20-30 minutes
  
• nutrition- complex carbohydrates, fresh fruits
  and vegetables, adequate amounts of protein and
  fat. fluid (intense workout 3-7 ounces every
  fifteen minutes)
• sleep/rest- being over tired gives greater risk
  for injury

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references

• www.artofballet.com/allfivepositions.gif
• http//gvctemp17.virtualclassroom.org/sports/dance
  /stretching.html
  
• www.dcdancecollective.com
• www.mdx.ac.uk/.../dmta/dan/images/dan01_ 1
• www.beaudoins-studio.com 1
• http//www.springfielddance.com/dance_vocabulary.h
  tm

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"If dancing were any easier it would be called
football."