| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: Monograph/item
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| Title/Author: |
Physics and the art of dance/ Kenneth Laws ; photographs by Martha Swope. |
| Reminder of title: |
understanding movement / |
| Author: |
Laws, Kenneth. |
| Published: |
Oxford ;Oxford University Press, : 2002., |
| Description: |
xix, 236 p. :ill. ;26 cm. |
| [NT 15003449]: |
Introduction. Role of physical analysis -- Physics of dance -- Value of analysis to dancers -- Value of analysis to observers -- Analysis for teachers and health professionals -- Communication : words, images, and photographs -- Balance. Condition for static balance -- Regaining balance -- Balance while rotating -- Final look -- Motions without turns. Acceleration from rest -- Motion in a curved path -- Stopping horizontal motion -- Vertical jumps -- Connections between horizontal and vertical motions -- Grand Jete "floating" illusion -- Effect of turnout on traveling jumps -- Landings from jumps -- Dance floors : elasticity and friction -- Final leap -- Pirouettes. Torque and rotational momentum in a pirouette -- Controlling rotational velocity -- Characteristics of pirouettes -- Arabesque turn -- "Illusion turn" -- Grande piroutte -- Fouette turns -- Repeated pirouettes -- Final turn -- Turns in the air. Demi-fouette -- Tour jete (grand jete en tournant) -- Saut de basque -- Turning assemble -- Tour en l'air -- Final leap -- Pas de deux. History and appeal of the pas de deux -- Who's responsible for what? -- Physical interactions between partners -- Balance --Accelerating motions -- Final poses-- To the next step -- Mechanics of partnered turns. Starting a supported pirouette -- Balance during a supported pirouette -- Stopping rotation -- Other supported turns -- Final turn -- Mechanics of lifts. Straight lift -- Other front lifts -- Overhead lifts -- Other lifts -- Catches -- Final thrust -- Effects of body size. Height of a vertical jump -- Entrechats -- Horizontal accelerations and body size -- Body size and pirouettes -- Adagio movements -- Body size and partnered dance -- Effects of body shape -- Final comparison -- Step into the future. |
| Subject: |
Ballet dancing - Physiological aspects. - |
| Online resource: |
https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=129757An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information |
| ISBN: |
0195302842 (electronic bk.) |