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Christina Pham

Mr. Schurtz
AP English 12: Period 4/5
5/17/11

Dance and Health


Thesis

Dance is an ideal method to


achieve optimal fitness and

psychological health due to


benefits affecting both body and
mind .
(“Ballet dancer duo…”)
Physicality

(“Dancer blowing with…”)


W
ha
t’s
on go
he ing
re?

(Microsoft Clip Art)


Muscles

600

(“Muscle Man”)
Cardiac
Muscle

(“Closed Heart”)
Smooth Muscle

(“When Food Goes…”)


Skeletal Muscle
Movement

Posture

Heat

(“Ballet – Grand Jettè”)


Movement
Prime mover

Synergist

Antagonist

(“Autumn – beautiful ballet…”)


Zooming In

Slow
Fast
Intermediate
Slow Fibers

(“Interval running (race…”)


Fast
Fibers

(“hands of worker”)
Ev
ery
th ing
In-
be
tw ee
n

(“Desperation; Who holds…”)


(“Chinese juggler”)

Flexibility
Posture Tonic Contraction

Good Posture = best body function

(“Josh Back Contrast”)


Form

(“Grace”)
ATP

(“Sweat III”)
Metabolism

(“Untitled”)
Disuse Atrophy
Strength

(“FORZA”)
Dance vs. Treadmill

tumn ballet poses…”) (“Twitter 365 Project…”)


• Cardiopulmonary gain
• Happier

(“julia”)
Neuroscience
Study

("Annotated Sagittal T1…”)


Motion through the Brain
Frontal lobe Parietal lobe

Occipital lobe

Temporal lobe

(“Brain (8)”)
Motion through the Brain

Cortex
Premotor cortex
Thalamus Supplementary motor area
Primary motor cortex

Cerebellum
Brain stem
Spinal cord

(“Brain (4)”)
Motion through the Brain
Motor Motor
function function
Broca’s area area area Sensory Somatosensory
area
Association
area
Higher Auditory area
mental
functions
Visual area

Association area Wernicke’s area

(“Functional areas of…”)


Tap and Clap!

(“Isobella and the…”)


Broca’s area
Motor Motor
function function
Broca’s area area area Sensory Somatosensory
area
Association
area
Higher Auditory area
mental
functions
Visual area

Association area Wernicke’s area

(“Functional areas of…”)


Cerebellum

(“Cerebellum”)
Balance
• picture of seesaw

(“Free Child Walking…”)


Muscle Memory
(“One last Jump”)
Fe
od
.
Go l e
(“Senior Dance 3”)

Dance Therapy
Ballet
Dance

(“Ballet Slippers”)
(umdgc.com)
Mi c
hel
le

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Ann

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Positions
Warm-up
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Class Activity

http://www.danacreates.com/flash/muscles/
muscles.php
-Determine use.
-What ballet move would use
the muscle?
Works Cited
• "Muscular system." GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE 3. 3. Web.
• Alpert, Patricia T., Sally K. Miller, Harvey Wallmann, Richard Havey, Chad Cross, Theresa Chevalia, Carrie
B. Gillis, and Keshavan Kodandapari . "The effect of modified jazz dance on balance, cognition, and
mood in older adults."American Academy of Nurse Practitioners 108-114. Web. 9 Nov 2010.
• Asp, Karen. "Dance Your Way to Better Health." Natural Solutions Feb. 2009: 67-68. Web. 8 Nov 2010.
• Brown, Steven, and Lawrence M. Parsons. "THE NEUROSCIENCE OF Dance." Scientific American 299.1
(2008): 78-83. Consumer Health Complete. EBSCO. Web. 15 Oct. 2010.
• Hoban, Sandra. "Dance Your Problems Away." Nursing Homes Magazine Apr. 2005: 41-42. Web. 13 Mar.
2011.
• Monti, MS, RD, Lisa. "Dancing for the Health of it." Saturday Evening Post Jan. 2008: 56-57, 94-96. Web.
16 Feb 2011.
• Shelton, Linda. "Ballet body." Natural Health 34.5 (2004): 40. MasterFILE Premier. EBSCO. Web. 16 Feb.
2011.
• Simmons, Roger W. "Sensory organization determinants of postural stability in trained ballet ."
International Journal of Neuroscience (2005): 87-97. Web. 22 Apr 2011.
• Verghese, Joe, Richard Lipton, Mindy J. Katz, Charles B. Hall, and Carol A. Derby. "Leisure Activities and
the Risk of Dementia in the Elderly." International Journal of Neuroscience (2003): 2508-2516. Web. 10
Mar 2011.
Images Cited
"Annotated Sagittal T1 Midline MRI Scan of Reigh's Brain." Flickr. Web. 1 Mar 2011.
"Autumn - beautiful ballet dancer in pink." Flickr. Web. 1 Mar 2011.
"Autumn ballet poses - pretty dancer." Flickr. Web. 1 Mar 2011.
”Ballet – Grand Jetté." Flickr. Web. 1 Mar 2011.
“Ballet dancer duo life to the sun” Flickr. Web. 1 Mar 2011.
”Ballet Slippers." Flickr. Web. 1 Mar 2011.
”Chinese Juggler." Flickr. Web. 1 Mar 2011.
“Closed heart” Flickr. Web. 1 Apr 2011.
”Dancer Blowing in the Wind." Flickr. Web. 1 Mar 2011.
”Desperation; Who holds your heart?." Flickr. Web. 21 Apr 2011.
“FORZA” Flickr. Web. 1 Mar 2011.
“Free Child Walking on White Round Spheres Balance Creative Commons” Flickr. Web. 21 Apr 2011.
“Grace” Flickr. Web. 1 Mar 2011.
“hands of worker” Flickr. Web. 24 Apr 2011.
“Interval running (race track) 16” Flickr. Web. 24 Apr 2011.
“julia." Flickr. Web. 1 Mar 2011.
“Muscle Man” Flickr. Web. 1 Mar 2011.
“One last Jump” Flickr. Web. 21 Apr 2011.
”Senior Dance 3" Flickr. Web. 1 Mar 2011.
”Sweat III" Flickr. Web. 1 Mar 2011.
”Twitter 365 Project – Day 62." Flickr. Web. 5 Mar 2011.
“Untitled” Flickr. Web. 121 Apr 2011.
“When Food Goes South…” Flickr. Web. 24 Apr 2011.
“within the fog, something wicked waits” ” Flickr. Web. 26 Apr 2011.

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