Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Seminar
Tutorial
Module Offerings
4565IAB-SEP-PAR
Aims
The module aims to provide students with the knowledge and understanding of the dancer’s body and a practical awareness of the issues surrounding maintaining a healthy, injury free, career as a dancer. This will include personal fitness and strategies for injury prevention and remedial activities.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Describe and identify safe practice through an awareness, understanding and application of alignment and postural and muscular balance.
2.
Identify, describe and analyse areas of imbalance and postural weaknesses in the body.
3.
Describe and demonstrate the ability to develop a personal development strategy for maintaining health and fitness through rehabilitative exercise.
4.
Demonstrate, explain and identify a basic understanding of anatomy, physiology and kinesiology.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:The module will commence will an individual diagnostic session with each student where their physical strengths and weakness will be evaluated and the student will be invited to start to develop their own personal physical development plan. The module will continue with lecture sessions which will explore anatomy, physiology and kinesiology so that students are fully conversant with the way the body is structured and operates in movement. In concert with their studies in dance technique students will be invited to explore and evaluates themselves regarding posture, alignment, centre, muscular strength and balance.
The module will provide the student will a range of physical exercises designed to strengthen and develop the dancer’s body. There will be a specific focus on strategies for warming-up and cooling down the body.
Injury is a constant cause for concern for the dancer. Throughout the module students will be introduced to specific activities to reduce the risk of injury and also strategies and approaches dancers can take to enhance injury recovery.
The module will also touch on broader issues of diet and life balance for the dancer. The syllabus will provide the student with:
A good understanding of the body and how it operates in dance;
A clear understanding of their own body and any issues they have to address as a dancer;
• An understanding of the key principles of injury prevention and any remedial action they may need to take in the result of injury;
• A practical understanding of the need for a balanced and healthy diet;
• An understanding that actions and activities that they may undertake outside of their life as a dancer may impact on their success and longevity as a performer.
• A realistic and considered personal physical development strategy that recognises their own strengths, weaknesses and performance aspirations.
Additional Information:The module provides a general understanding of the dancer’s body. Assessment is via a report and a test.